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ferooks are very feldom found there, \vc cannot 

 without wonder obferve that many of thcni di- 

 ftill water, and by that means afford the great- 

 £ft comfort both to man, and bealls that tra- 

 vel there. Thus the ' tillandfm^ which is a 

 far afitical -plants and grows on the tops of trees 

 jin the defarts of America, has its leaves turned 

 at the bafe into the fhape of a pitcher, with 

 the extremity expanded ; in thefe the rain is 

 collected, and preferyed for thirfty men, birds, 

 and beafts. 



The water-tree in Ceylon produces cylindri- 

 cal bladders, covered with a lid ; into thefe is 

 fecreted a moft pure, and refrefliing water, 

 tjiat taftes like ne6i:ar to men, and other ani- 

 mals. There is a kind oi cuckow-pint in New- 

 France, that if you break a branch of it, will 

 afford you a pint of excellent water. How 

 wife, how beautiful is the agreement between 

 the plants of every countrey, and its inhabi- 

 tants, and other circumftances. 



' A kind <^i mifiiios. 



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