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to the Norih, to cherifli the germination of 

 plants, and there would be neither (liade nor moif- 

 ture, to the South, to prefer ve them from the hear. 

 Thefe wonderful arrangements adually exift in 

 Finland, in Sweden, at Spitzberghen, and over 

 the whole northern regions, which become loaded 

 with rocks in proportion as the latitude increafes ; 

 and they rife, in like manner, in the Antilles, in 

 the lile of France, and in all the other illands and 

 diftriâs comprehended between the Tropics, 

 where the face of the ground is covered over with 

 rocks, efpecially toward the Line; in Ethiopia, 

 the territory of which Nature has overfpread with 

 vail and lofty rocks, almoft perpendicular, which 

 form all around them deep valleys, delightfully 

 fhady and cool. Thus, as was before obferved, 

 in order to refute our pretended plans of perfec- 

 tion, it is fufEcient to admit them. 



There is another clafs of Literati, on the con- 

 trary, who never deviate from their track, and 

 who abftain from looking at any thing beyond it, 

 however rich in fafts they may be : fuch are the 

 Botanifts. They have obferved the fexual parts 

 in plants, and employ themfelves entirely in col- 

 lefting and arranging them, conformably to the 

 number of thofe parts, without troubling them- 

 felves about knowing any thing farther of them. 

 When they have claifed them in their heads and in 



their 



