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Chapter 5

           Andheproposedfurther,"thatbyemployingspiders,thechargeofdyeingsilksshouldbewhollysaved;"whereofIwasfullyconvinced,whenheshowedmeavastnumberoffliesmostbeautifullycoloured,wherewithhefedhisspiders,assuringus"thatthewebswouldtakeatincturefromthem;andashehadthemofallhues,hehopedtofiteverybody’sfancy,assoonashecouldfindproperfoodfortheflies,ofcertaingums,oils,andotherglutinousmatter,togiveastrengthandconsistencetothethreads."

           Therewasanastronomer,whohadundertakentoplaceasun-dialuponthegreatweathercockonthetown-house,byadjustingtheannualanddiurnalmotionsoftheearthandsun,soastoanswerandcoincidewithallaccidentalturningsofthewind.

           Iwascomplainingofasmallfitofthecolic,uponwhichmyconductorledmeintoaroomwhereagreatphysicianresided,whowasfamousforcuringthatdisease,bycontraryoperationsfromthesameinstrument.Hehadalargepairofbellows,withalongslendermuzzleofivory:thisheconveyedeightinchesuptheanus,anddrawinginthewind,heaffirmedhecouldmakethegutsaslankasadriedbladder.

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