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which is by the meanes of the braine of the creature they kill when
they mixd wth. oyle of walnuts calld hiccary nutts and a lime made of
oyster shells. with this they smeer ouer the Raw side of the Skin & by the
help of fire presently dress it wth the hair on that it equalls if not
exceeds any way vsed in Europe.
mr. Henshaw conceiud that the Russian & turky way of tanning
their Leather was wth the bark of the Birch & the saw dust of
firr. He also sayd they had a sort of wooden cupps in Russia which
were as tuff as Leather & might be turned inside outward wthout brea
=king. And further that they haue a sort of Apples as transparent
as a ripe white grape soe that the core & kernells may be plain
ly perceiued from wthout.


mr. Pappin Produced a Lobster which he had boyled after his new way
But the shell thereof was not much softned, but the body thereof yealded
very much liquor He also gaue an account that he had boyled


mr. Hooke Read a translation he had made of a Letter of mr Leuwen
hooke formerly Rd by Dr. Grew in which he gaue an account of his
obseruations made on the seed of Animalls as of fishes birds & Beasts
in all wch. he affirmes he has discouered wth his . . . microscope vast
quantitys of Liuing Creatures exceeding small. to wch. he annexed a
paper in which he had calculated /both/ the number of these animalls in the melt
of a Cod fish & the number of men at one time vpon the whole in
habitable face of the earth & concludes that the number of the
former exceeds the Latter at Least ten times.




Dr. Grew Produced /shewed/ some Draughts of the gutts of some creatures
he had formerly Dissected of which he promised to bring in an account.
but he Left not the draughts.

Perused.

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