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If you think this any way deferves the notice of 
the Royal Society, I fhall be very glad of your com- 
municating it and am, with the greatefl efteem, 
Reverend Sir, 
Your mod: obliged humble Servant, 
James Fergufon. 
The fhh was kept in the pofition it is drawn, by 
two cords one of which was hooked into its 
upper jaw, and the other tied round it near the 
tail : the other ends of the cords being tied to a 
flick above. 
XXXI. Rules 
