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Received February 9, t7<^9<. 
To the Rev. Dodor William Bodafe. 
Rev. Sir, Truro, Jan. 27, 1769. 
Read February 16, T HAVE the pleafure to acquaint 
you, that 1 have at laft met with a 
fpecimen of native tin, which is fo evidently fo at firft 
fight as not to admit of the lealf doubt or objedtion. 
The defcription of it is this : fome ftrearners in the 
parhh of Luxilion brought in a parcel of tin oro to a 
blowing-houfe I am concerned in at Sthurtlei amongft 
tlie parcel was a great number of tin diamonds of a 
mod: beautiful nature, of the rozin kind; one was 
eminently fuperior to the reft, being almoft: tranfpa- 
rent, and feemed to have fomething in the center 
which, through the done, looked like gold. This in- 
duced me to break the done ; which was no fooner 
done than I found it to be native tin, in the very cen- 
ter of the diamond. The fpecimen is fo fmall, that I 
am at a lofs which way to fend it for your infpedlion, 
for fear it fhould be loft. I dial! fet out for London 
on Monday next, and intend carrying this curiofity 
with me. I’ll not leave it behind me; but when I 
come back you fhali fee it, and through you depofit 
it with the Royal Society, for the fatisfadfion of the 
curious. I am. 
Rev. Sir, 
Your obliged and faithful 
humble fervant, 
Henry Rofewarne. 
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