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HE THE R we conjider this part of the creation wit/j rega 

 to the variety or peculiar forms of the individuals, to the tr : . 



er oj convemencies wito which it f up plies 7na7ifa7id, or wi 

 refpeB to the real ufes of its differ e7tt produBio7is in the courfe of life^ 

 . we pall certainly find it fuperior to either of the others. But wh 



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we obferve thofe delicate organs with which 



furnijhed; confder the formations, difpoftions, ufes, an 



chanical powers of their fever al parts ; and refieB on the different fenfes^ 



infiinBs, difpofitions and modes of aBion, peculiar to each, we muft a!lc j 



it to be, by far, the mojl perfetl as well as the moji e?tgaging part of the 



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ties fo particularly adapted to the form and flation of every individual, 

 with fuch peculiar habits and difpofitions, with thofe fmgular faculties 

 which fome enjoy in a more perfeB degree than the refl ; and which, befides 

 thefe, and many other flattering inducements, are know?i to fupply us 

 daily with the mojl agreeable and nourijhing part of our food, to fur- 

 nifili many convemencies that tend to the eafe and fa tisf aBion of life, and 

 to yield the mojl necejfary as well as the mofl agreeable, part of our cloaths 

 and coverings \ fhould engage fane part of the thoughts a7id Jludies 



mankind f Or fhould we not rather conclude, thai beings endowed with 

 fuch extraordinary qualities, fo ufeful, and yet frequently 77iore engaging 

 by their habits and attachments, ought to £7nploy a 7?iore co7ifiderable pai't 

 of the thoughts and cont e7nplations of every reafonable creature f 



The nature of the different forts of food obtained fro77i this clafs, as well 

 as the different c a Unities arifing fro7n the poifaious bites, flings, &c. 

 many of the individuals, and a thoufand other pa?~ticulars, mufl naturally 

 €7igage the attention of the Phyfician. Here the Philofopher 772 ay fee a 

 ?iu7nberlefs variety of aBions, powers, 7necha7iifms, and other curious phec- 



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