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vari poftit, attenderunt ; animalculorum tamen vivo- 
rum in carpionis, qui nondum duas libras Norimb. 
complet femine numerus 253,906,250,000 adhuc 
erit major : quod certe oranem noftram imaginandi 
vim, minime tamcn infiniti Conditoris potentiam, 
fupcrat. 
Scd fatis diu jam, vir do&iftime, tc moratus fum. 
Nihil ergo adjicio, quam, ut impenfe te rogem, ne, 
qua ufus Turn, prolixitatem inique feras, mihi vero 
porro faveas. Ica Vale. 
Dabam Gottingae, in Academia Georgia Augsfta, 
Die 15. Ottob. A. 1 744- 
P. S. Ad tantam profunditatem barometrum, quo 
utor, ordinarium, dum hxc feribo, delapfum eft, 
ut unica modo ex feala iplius ordinaria linea ipfi 
reftet. Sed Aufter%etiam vehementiftimus fpirar. 
Hora vero noftis duodecima ctiam infra hanc 
ultimam feala: fua: lineam Mercurius fubfedit. 
II. Some Account of the Gigantic Boy at Wil- 
lingham near Cambridge. 
i.T^HE firft Notice given to the Royal Society of 
1 .this extraordinary Child, was a Letter commu- 
nicated by Mr. Philip Miller , F. R. S. to the Prefi- 
dent , inclofing one he had received from the Rev. 
Mr. Almond , Miniftcr of the Parifh ; which was read 
at a Meeting of the Society on Nov. 8. laft: At 
which time was likewife read a Letter from one Mr. 
I z Baily 
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