2s'4 Mels in blighted Whmi. 
fented to my View Multitudes of the 'Art-* 
guillre, lying as reprefented N° X, B, with-* 
out the lead; Motion or Sign of Life. But 
Experience having taught me by former 
Trials, that they might notwithdanding 
poffibly revive, I left them for about four 
Hours, and then examining them again, 
found much the greated Number moving 
their Extremities pretty brifkly, and in an 
Hour or two after, they appeared as lively 
as thefe Creatures ufually are. Mr. Folkes 
and feme other Friends were WitnefFes of 
this Experiment. 
We find an Indance here, that Life may 
be fufpended and feemingly defrayed ; that 
by an Exhalation of the Fluids neceflary to 
a living Animal, the Circulations may ceafe, 
all the Organs and Veffels of the Body may 
be fhrunk up, dried, and hardened - } and yet, 
after a long while, Life may begin a-new to 
actuate the fame Body ; and all the animal 
Motions and Faculties may be redored, 
merely by replenishing the Organs and Vef¬ 
fels with a frefli Supply of Fluid. Here is, 
I fay, a Proof, that the Animalcules in the 
Grains of blighted Wheat can endure hav¬ 
ing their Bodies quite dried up for the Space 
of four Years together, without being there¬ 
by deprived of their living Power : and 
dnee, after they are become thus perfectly 
dry and hard, there feems little Room for- 
farther Alteration, unlefs their Organs Should 
be 
