Still this frame of ours was left exposed to the inimical assaults of the air without; --but this was fenced off again by a course of greasy unctions, which so fully saturated the pores of the skin, that no spicula could enter; ----nor could any one get out. 
Still this frame of ours was left exposed to the assaults of the air - but this was fenced off by a course of greasy unctions, which so fully saturated the pores of the skin, that no particles could enter, nor get out. 