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 204 peak more intelligibly, it is evident, for that each of us has two ancetors in the firt degree; the number of whom is doubled at every remove, becaue each of our ancetors has alo two immediate ancetors of his own.

A horter method of finding the number of ancetors at any even degree is by quaring the number of ancetors at half that number of degrees. Thus 16 (the number of ancetors at four degrees) is the quare of 4, the number of ancetors at two; 256 is the quare of 16; 65536 of 256; and the number of ancetors at 40 degrees would be the quare of 1048576, or upwards of a million millions. ; ince lineal relations are uch as decend one from the other, and both of coure from the ame common ancetor.

kindred anwers to the ame decription: collateral relations agreeing with the lineal in this, that they decend from the ame tock or ancetor; but differing in this, that they do not decend from each other. Collateral kinmen are uch then as lineally pring from one and the ame ancetor, who is the tirps, or root, the tipes, trunk, or common tock, from whence thee relations are branched out. As if John Stiles hath Rh