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more curious piece of workmanfliip thaQ 

 the body of the fun, at leaft as far as ap- 

 pears to us ^. Hence 



Th e exquifite ftrudure of flowers, e- 

 fpecially of the moft minute and fcarcely 

 vifible duft of the apices, commonly the 

 fport of the winds, has engaged the at- 

 tention of the learned both of this an4 

 the prcceeding age : And yet no body has 

 been able to determine, with any certain- 

 ty, whether it is abfolutely neceffary to 

 tthe fecundity of the feeds, or excrementi- 

 tious only, which is the fwbjed of th^ 

 following inquiry. 



An I M A ;.s and vegetables refemble one 

 another in fo mai>y things, that not only 

 fome of the ancients, but even of the mo- 

 derns alfq, feem to be at a lofs how to 

 diftinguifh them, or fix the liniits of each 

 of thefe kingdoms f > yea, apd to reckon 

 analogy a fufficient proof, that fuch pro- 

 perties as are generally obfervable in the 



one, 



• Vid. Boyle's wprks, fpl. e4tt. ToK |. p. 4^^* an4 

 Tpl. 4. p. 523. 



t Vid, TruocjN bot, p. 3. 



