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VII. ExtraB of a Letter from Mr. Benj. 
Cook, F. R . S. to Mr. Peter Collinfon, 
F. R. S. concerning the EjfeB which the 
Farina of the Blo[fo?ns of different Sorts 
of Appl e-trees had on the Fruit of a neigh- 
bouring Free. 
‘Dear Coujin , Newport (Me of Wight), On. 1745. 
TteAppkfsfle'wn'W HAVE fent you fome Rnffetings 
ov ' I4 * I745 ‘ changed by the Farina of a next-door 
Neighbour, whole Name I wanted Skill to know 5 
but can only fay, that the Rujfeting has exadtly ac- 
quired his Face and Complexion. 
C Mr. Collinfon then produced feveral Samples of 
the Apples; an unteinted RuiTetting; a Ruflet- 
ing 
halfa Minute in View; and therefore had Time enough to contemplate 
its Appearance fully, which was what is feen in the annexed Figure, 
C 
feemed to be a light Flame, turning backwards from the Refin- 
ance the Air made to it. BB a bright Fire like burning Charcoal, 
inclofed as it were in an open Cafe, of which the Frame CCC was 
quite opaque, like Bands of Iron. At D iffiied forth a Train or 
Tail of light Flame, more bright at I>, and growing gradually 
fainter at E, fo as to be tranfparent more than half its Length. 
The Head feemed about half a Degree in Diameter, the Tail near 3 
Degrees in Length, and about one Eighth of a Degree in Thicknefs. 
C. M. 
