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 what he did, had these Ways of making Anatomical Discoveries been then known and practised. The World might then have expected such Anatomies of Brutes, as Dr. Tyson has given of the Rattle-Snake; or Dr. Moulin, of the Elephant: Such Dissections of Fishes as Dr. Tysons of the Porpesse; and Stenos, of the Shark: Such of Insects as Malpighiuss of a Silk-Worm; Swammerdams, of the Ephemeron; Dr. Listers, of a Snail; and the same Dr. Tysons, of Long and Round Body-Worms. All which shew Skill and Industry, not conceivable by a Man that is not a little versed in these Matters.

To this Anatomy of Bodies that have Sensitive Life, we ought to add the Anatomy of Vegetables, begun and brought to great Perfection in Italy and England at the same Time, by Malpighius and Dr. Grew. By their Glasses they have been able to give an Account of the different Textures of all the Parts of Trees, Shrubs and Herbs; to trace the several Vessels which carry Air, Lympha, Milk, Rosin and Turpentine, in those Plants which afford them; to describe the whole Process of Vegetation, from Seed to Seed; and, in a Word, though they have left a great deal to be admired, because it was