On the Cosmogony of Moses. Ill 



the flower-bud is formed in the interior is so true, that no peeler 

 or barker but would laugh at us for thinking it doubtful: be- 

 sides that it has so many different changes, all of which I have 

 exactly traced, that it is impossible 1 should be deceived : fol- 

 lowing the interior of a plant every three days, and taking up a 

 fresh one for the purpose, I know not how 1 can miss the truth 

 in so close an investigation, and that for near lour years fol- 

 lowing. 



Fig. 8 discloses the different manner in which the sap-vessels 

 appear when the specimens are cut horizontally, or perpendicu- 

 larly. The hollow of the vacancies in whic!) the sap runs at 

 lb I', fig. S, and the manner the spiral is carried round at ddd, 

 are most plain, and account for the warping of the wood and its 

 motion back again. 



Fig. 9 is a specimen of the sumach, showing the bark-vessels 

 at kk, and the spirals or muscles at 55 : the one to move the 

 leaf, the first to convey the juice made there to the bark. Surely, 

 when it is recollected what excessive investigation all plants 

 have undergone for the last sixteen years, my discovering so 

 much will not be considered as a proof of their falsehood : for, 

 in truth, plants had never before been dissected; for what is 

 cuttinj; a plant two or three times in a year, when compared with 

 following its interior formation day by day ? And if you are to 

 know how a watch is made, how can it be known, but by ex- 

 amining and studying all its parts and taking to pieces all its 

 wheels ? And here is a more difficult formation ; for it is not only 

 a piece of mechanism, but one that alters its appearance though 

 by slow degrees. Yet I again say, no one will or can know or 

 understand a process, but by daily following each ingredient, and 

 not allowing a single week to intervene without the examination 

 of the interior increase of the vegetable he is studying. 



[Ekraix'M. — P. 9G, in two instances_/br substitute r. substantiate.] 



XXX. On tJie Cosmogony of Moses ; in Answer to F. E s. 



By Dr. Prichard. 



To Mr. Tilloch. 



Sir, — iVjlv unwearied adversary F. E s professes in his 



last letter to have, a presentiment that it will call forth a reply, 

 and, like one of the old augurs to whom he bears more than ov.e 

 point of resemblance, has taken care to ensure that his pre- 

 diction may come to pass. In fact, he has brought a charge 

 against me of having violated the jus belli, the law which cus- 

 tom has imposed on such combatants as him and me. He ac- 

 cuses me not only of taunting hinij which was very ill-natured 



and 



