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Riuers in wch. crawfish would thriue better then in other, and herevpon mentiond
two riuulets int Ouselworth in Glocestershire, which ran both into one at
that place, the one had the pebles spotted wth. Red the other not. in the for
mer of these Both trout & crawfish were found in great plenty but
in the other neither.
Dr. Cox Affirmd tht crawfish delighted in the shallow & grauelly parts of Riuers.

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Dr. Holder mentioned that eeles were ^ /in ely Riuer commonly kept made bigger & sweeter &/ fed fatter only by being kept in a box wth. holes and hung into the thames wth.out giuing them any other food. mr Henshaw Conjectured It might proceed from the fatness of the Thames water wch. would yeald a burning spirit after fermentation as had been often found in sea voyages - Other fish were named wch. were supposed to liue vpon a very small quan tity of food - Dr. Cox mentiond the whale wch affordes the sperma cetj. that though it had a vast mouth & tongue yet had it an exceeding small Gula and nothing was vsually found in its maw but some small quantity of sea weeds or alga. mr Henshaw said noted that there were great variety of whales and that the sperma ceti whale was not found in the northern seas.- mr. Hill suggested that the Anatomy & Description of that whale was to be found at the end of Sr. Thom: Browns vulgar errors.

Dr. cox suggested that he had obserued that in a scarlet feauer the
cuticula would Peel and fall off much like the casting the skin
of some animalls.
herevpon mr. Hill afirmed that a i of the Goa Stone being giuen
to a child sick of a feauer presently recouerd the said child but it
causd all his cuticula to grow hard ^ /like horn/ & pull off.
Herevpon ^ /Dr. Dan Cox/ mentiond the strange vertue of the ophites or Snake
Stone in adhering to any inflamed part during the said inflam
mation and not falling off till the Inflammation were allayed ^ /and that he had seen this tryd successfully on a child last week/
the same Related that there was a certain /herb/ bone which held in the hand only would
cause bleeding at nose to any quantity, forcing the efflux of blood, soe
Long as continued in the hand. q what.
mr. Hill mentiond a certaine Bone wch. held in the hand would presently
stop bleeding.
mr. Henshaw Related that there was a certaine Irish plant calld by the
Irish macambay which being held in the hand only would prouoke purging.
The same relation was confirmed by others also.
Dr. D. Cox Related that there was Lately brought ouer a certaine Powder brought
out of America from Carolina . . . which being orderd Duely

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