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After I had ' chofen out the faired; acorns, laying 
afide fuch as had fpecks proceeding from the wounds 
of infe&s, I wiped them very clean till they were 
quite bright, for fear of any condenfed perfpiraticn 
on the furface, which if inclofed, would turn to moul- 
dinefs. I then poured fome melted bees-wax into a 
china plate about half an inch deep, and foon as the 
wax was cool, but dill very pliable, I cut out with a 
penknife as much as would inclofe one acorn ; this I 
wrapped round it, rolling it between my hands till the 
edges of the wax were perfectly united : in the fame 
manner I covered about 36 of them with all the cau- 
tion in my power, fo that after they had been fet to 
harden I could not perceive the lead crack in them. 
When they were quite cold and hard, I prepared an 
oval chip box, of 7 inches long, 44 broad, and 34 
deep ; into this I poured melted bees-wax to the depth 
of an inch and half; and when I could bear my finger 
in it, I laid the covered acorns at the bottom in rows 
as clofe as I could together; afterwards other rows 
over them, till the box was full ; and when the fird 
wax began to cool, I poured fome wax that was bare- 
ly fluid over the uppermofl acorns till they were quite 
covered. In order to cool them as foon as pofiible, I 
fet the box near a window, where the fafli was 
raifed a little to let in a dream of cold air ; when 
they were almoft cold, I perceived the wax had 
fhrunk a little here and there, and left fome chinks ; 
thefe I immediately filled up wich very foft wax, 
prefling it very clofe and fmooth. After it was 
quite cold and hard, I put on the cover of the box, 
and placed it on a fhelfin a clofet till the beginning 
cf Augud lad, when I fent it to the care of Mr. 
Dacoda, clerk to the Royal Society, to their houle in 
Crane 
