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left pocket of his breeches, and the metal clafps of 
a Common Prayer-Book, in his coat-pocket, were all 
uninjured *. His death was truly inftantaneous ; he 
hath left a widow and two children in diftreffed cir- 
cumftances, who were entirely dependent on his la- 
bour. His name was Goodfon, aged thirty-four, by 
trade a taylor, at N° 3. Craven-Buildings, Drury- 
Lane. 
P. S. The ftuds above-mentioned will be fent to- 
gether with this paper (as a curiofity) for the in- 
lpedtion of the members of the Royal Society. 
* The corps, after lying two or three days on a table, feemed 
not more difpofed to putrefa&ion, than bodies at that time gene- 
rally are, which die a natural death. 
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