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:to enquire into this affair, and he had this account 
from them. 
This Mr. Spry is, to the heft of my knowledge, 
a perfon of veracity, and I think would not litter an 
untruth. But, what is more, .aft Wednefday he 
brought me a live young cock, into the crop or craw 
of which, he had the day before poured fomcwhat 
more than three ounces of melted lead. The cock 
indeed feemed dull, but very readily pecked and 
fwallowed feveral barley-corns, that were thrown to 
him. I had the cock killed and opened in my view, 
and in the crop we found a lump of lead weighing 
three ounces (lefs twenty grains), and fome other 
little bits of lead. I make no doubt the cock would 
have lived feveral days longer, if it had not been 
then killed. There feemed a flight efchar in the 
cock’s mouth, occafioned by the melted lead, and 
the crop feemed as if parboiled. This experiment 
is very eaflly made, and feems to confirm the proba- 
bility of Mr. Spry’s account. 
I never difpute a matter of faff, when I am fully 
convinced, that it is fo but I think it my duty to 
enquire narrowly into the circumftances of it, before 
I admit it as fiich. With refpeff to the prefent cafe, 
vou now know as much of it as, 
Dear Sir, 
Plym. Sat. even. Your moft faithful and 
Jan. 3 1, 1 756. 
obedient humble fervant 
TXV. 
