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and other Parts of fome Species (tiCajitharides ; which 
feem to be mixed with a kind of Oomfive-S'alt. 
Three Cane -pieces > a foot long, fill’d with the fame 
Poyfon. 
A Siam DRUM. Given by Mr,, John Short. The Body 
of it, as it were a great thick Neck’d Earthen-Jug, fourteen 
inches long 5 the Belly nine over, the Neck four 5 and with 
the Bottom out. In the place whereof is fpread a thin 
Parchmetit, made of a Fifhes-Skjn, befet all over with final! 
round knots in ftrait and parallel Rows. Stretched out rite 
with numerous little Braces made of Split-Cane , all fpread 
over the Belly of the Jug, and very curioufly platted toge¬ 
ther at both their ends. The Neck of the Jug flourifli’d 
round about with a Mould. Both this and the Belly co¬ 
ver’d with a black Vamijh 5 and the Neck alfo with Red*. 
G reen, and Gilt. 
SECT. III. 
Chiefly of MECHAjKfJCKS. Relating to 
T Rade. An Arabian BALSAME-BOTTLE. Given by 
Thomas Henfhaw Efcp. ’Tis two feet high, and near 
an Eln in compafs. Shaped like a Long-Neck, ufed in 
a Reverberating Furnace. Examining it well, I find it made 
neither of Glafs, Earth, Wood, or any Vegetable Body 5 but 
only of Leather and Parchments. The inmoft Parchment, 
as thick as that us’d by Scriveners. Next to which, is ano¬ 
ther, as thick as the beft Cordovan-Leather 5 but as fturdy as 
Whale-Bone. Next to This, another like the Inmoft. Over 
all, is very titely and curioufly few’d a Cover of tan’d Lea¬ 
ther. The top of the Neck hath a Ring or Collar , made only 
with raming in a kind of Gummy Earth very hard between 
the middle and the utmoft Skin. The Stople made of Fir- 
wood. So much of the B aflame which flicks to the fides of 
the Bottle, is of an extraordinary fragrancy; and feems 
not inferior to that which fome Brugifts fell under the 
Name of the Balm of Gilead. 
ASS AI-SCALES, included in a Cafe with Glafs Panels 5 
to weigh with, out of the Air. A 
