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mixed fpecies of animals. I believe, that two fpecies 
widely different from each other, as water-fowl and 
land-birds, &c, cannot poffitly conjoin, fo as to 
produce a living mixed offspring. I have been in- 
formed, and believe it may be true, that a mixed 
fpecies has been produced between our common 
poultry, and partridges that harbour near farm- 
yards. 
I am, SIR, 
Your moft humble 
and obedient fervant, 
London, May 22, 176c. Ge0 . Edwards. 
LXXIL An Account of a late Difcovery of 
Afbeflos in France : In a Letter' to the 
Rev, Tho. Birch, D. D. Secretary to the 
Royal Society , from Mr. Turberville Need- 
ham, F. R. S. 
Reverend Sir, 
Read June 5, y Have little to add in the way of litera- 
Jl ture, except a fingular difcovery acci- 
dentally made, lately, in one of the French pro- 
vinces, of the nature of the afbeflos, or amianthus. 
The proprietor of a certain forge, upon taking down 
his furnaces to repair them, found a great quantity of 
this fubftance at the bottom. It anfwered effectually 
all the common ufes of the native amianthus, either 
5 P 2 manu- 
