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though he died with near 40 Ulcers 
Hear S 1 R, 
Tour humble Servant , 
John Huxham. 
In another Letter dated at Plymouth, Nov. 30. 
1739. Dr. Huxham fays, “ We have had a very 
“ tempefluous Seafon for feveral Days paft, though 
<c now fair; the Mercury lower [28.1 Inches] than 
“ I have known it for fome Years, and the Tides 
u exceflively high/’ 
to be touched, 
upon him. 
Plymouth, 
Oct. 16 1739. 
III. An Account of Coal-balls made at Liege, 
by William Banbury, Ef({\ F. R. S. 
I N purfuance of the Orders of the Society, I 
(hall endeavour to give an Account of the facti- 
tious Coal made at Liege. But firft I fhall quote 
Two Authors, who mention it in their Accounts of 
the Town of Liege. 
The Fir ft is, Le Curieux Antiquaire , ou Recueil 
geographique & hijlonque, par le S r P. L. Berken- 
meyer a Lcidc \72g.p. 182. Where he fays, “ This 
“ Bifhoprick (Liege) has rich Mines of Houille or 
“ Stone-coal* , which the Inhabitants fell intheJW- 
* The common People call their Pit-coal, del Hey or de la Houille ; 
and the Mixture of Coal and Clay de Houchy. C. M. 
“ therlands , 
