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their capillary fapvcfTels : The great influence 

 the pcrl'piring leaves have in this work, and 

 the care nature has taken to place them in 

 fuch order, and at fueh proper diftanccs, as 

 may render them moll ierviccable to this 

 purpofc, efpecially in bringing plenty of nou- 

 rifhment to the young growing moots and 

 fruit whofe ftem is ufually furrounded with 

 them near the fruit's infertion into the twig. 

 We fee here too that the growth of moots, 

 leaves and fruit, confifts in the cxtcnfion of 

 every part j for the effecting of which, na- 

 ture has provided innumerable little veficles, 

 which being replete with dilating moifturc, 

 it docs thereby powerfully extend, and draw 



out every ductile part. 



We have here alfo many instances of the 

 great force of the afcending fap in the vine 

 in the bleeding feafon 5 as alfo of the fap's 

 freely cither afcending or defending, as it 

 mall happen to be drawn by the perfpiring 

 leaves; and alfo of its ready lateral motion 

 thro" the laterally communicating fap vefiels; 

 together with many proofs of the great 

 plenty of air drawn in and mixed with the 

 lap and incorporated into the fubftance of 



vegetables. 



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