lines = 'Weight Volume
17.1 16.7
10.5 10.4
13.8 13.5
15.7 15.7
11.9 11.6
10.4 10.2
15.0 14.5
16.0 15.8
17.8 17.6
15.8 15.2
15.1 14.8
12.1 11.9
18.4 18.3
17.1 16.7
16.7 16.6
16.5 15.9
15.1 15.1
15.1 14.5'
con = textConnection( lines )
DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE )
close(con)