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Pepper - Water . 71 
As every curious Perfon will be defirous 
to view thefe Wonders with his own Eyes, 
-and communicate them to his Friends, the 
following Directions for making Pepper - 
Water , &c. to be kept always ready for 
Obfervation, may not perhaps be unaccept-r 
able. 
CHAP. II. 
ST 0 make Pepper -W a ter, of the 
Animalcules found therein . 
P UT common Black Pepper, grofsly 
bruifed, into an open Veifel, to cover 
the Bottom of it about half an Inch in 
Thicknefs, and pour thereon Rain or River- 
Water, till it rifes above the Pepper an Inch 
or thereabouts. Shake or flir the Water and 
Pepper very well together when Aril you 
mix them, but afterwards not at all. Ex- 
pofe your Veflel to the Air uncovered, and 
in a few Days you will perceive a little Pel¬ 
licle, or Skin, upon the Surface of the Wa¬ 
ter, reflecting Prifm Colours. This Skin, 
examined by the Microfcope, will be found 
to contain Millions of Animalcules y fcarcedif- 
cernible at firfl, even by the greateft Mag¬ 
nifier, but continually growing bigger till 
they come to their full Size. Their Num¬ 
bers too will every Day inereafe exceedingly, 
till 
