compared and cmfidered . 293 
An exceeding fmall Needle being alfo ex¬ 
amined, the Point thereof appeared above a 
Quarter of an Inch in Breadth ; not round, 
or Hat, but irregular and unequal ; and the 
Surface, though extremely fmooth and bright 
to the naked Eye, feemed full of Rug- 
gednefs. Holes, and Scratches. In fhort, 
it refembled an Iron Bar out of a Smith’s 
Forge 
But the Sting of a Bee , viewed through 
the fame Indrument, Shewed every where a 
Polifh mod: amazingly beautiful, without 
the lead Flaw, Blemifh, or Inequality; and 
ended in a Point too fine to be difcerned: 
yet this is only the Cafe, or Sheath, of In- 
druments much more exquifite contained 
therein, as before defcribed. Page 210. 
A fmall Piece of exceeding fine Lawn ap¬ 
peared, from the large Didances and Holes 
between its Threads, fomewhat like a Hur¬ 
dle or Lattice, and the Threads themfelves 
feemed coarfer than the Yarn wherewith 
Ropes are made for Anchors. 
Some Brujfels Lace, worth five Pounds a 
Yard, looked as if it were made of a thick, 
rough, uneven Hair Line, intwided, faden- 
ed, or clotted together in a very aukward 
and unartful Manner. 
* Phil. Tran/. Numb. 324. 
i2mo. Vol, I. p. 8. 
Sj>e£i. de la Nat. Eng. Edit. 
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