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a Point too fine to be difcerned ; yet this 
is only the Cafe, or Sheath, of two other 
Inftruments much more exquifite, con- 
tained therein. 
«« Dr. Power tells us, he faw a Golden 
Chain at Iredefcant’s, of 300 Links, not 
more than an Inch in Length, faftened to 
and pulled away by a Flea. | 
“And Mr. Baker fays,* he faw near 
Durham-yard in. the Strand, (which he 
examined with his Microfcope) a Chaife, 
made by Mr. Boverick a Watch-maker, 
with four Wheels, and all the proper 4p- 
paratus belonging to them, turning eafily 
on their Axles; together with a Man fit- 
ting in the Chaife; all formed of Ivory, 
and drawn along by a Flea, without any 
feeming Difficulty : And weighing it with 
the greateft Care, found the Chaife, Man 
and Flea, werebarely equal toafingle Grain. 
«« At the fame Time and Place, he alfo. 
weighed a Chain of Brats made by the 
fame Hand, about two Inches long, con- 
taining 200 Links, with an Hook at one 
End, anda Padlock and Key at the other, 
and found it lefs than the third Part of a 
Grain. 
‘© And fince that (made by the fame 
Artift) he faw a Quadrille-Table, with 
a Drawer in it, an Eating-Table, Side- 
Board - Table, a Looking -Glafs, twelve 
ii ‘© Chairs, 
* Baker's Microf. pag. 295. 
