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abound in certain places. Thus the lichen or 

 liverwort^ Fl. 980. is found in greateft plenty 

 on the cold alps, and therefore the rhen deer^ 

 which all winter live moftly upon this plant, 

 are obliged to live there. The fefluca, Fl. 94. 

 which floriihes and fpreads mofl on dry paftures^ 

 draws the llieep thither, which above all things 

 delight in that kind of grafs. The feeds of 

 the dmarf hirch^ Fl. 777. which afford the beft 

 fort of food to the rough-legg^ dpartridge^ and the 

 Norway rat^ Fn. 26. tempt them to dwell in 

 thefe northern parts of the world. Camels hay^ 

 Mat. Med. 312. which above all plants, thrives 

 on loofe fand, draws the camel to choofe thofe 

 barren places, as they there find food mofl 

 agreeable to them \ not to mention many other 

 fimilar inflances. Trees, whofe heads fhoot up 

 fo high, that quadrupeds cannot eafily reach 

 them, afford nourifhment for that reafon to 

 more numerous tribes of infedls , as the fallow^ 

 the oak^ the pear, &c. The Creator, who moll 

 wifely eflablifhed this law, has as it were im- 

 printed it on the organs of animals, that they 

 might not offend againfl it thro' ignorance; 

 and as every tranfgreffion has its puniihment 

 allotted, fo alfo no offence againfl the law of 



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