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table, as to be denominated by both names, and called Zoophytes, 

 fuch as Polypufes and Corals, and fevcral others that have been of 

 late difcovered and cuiioufly examined. In them the ufe of that 

 great principle, which I have laid down as a diftinguiihing charadte- 

 riftic of the Animal from the Vegetable, is well exemplified ; for, 

 as Animals are more or lefs locomotive, fo they have more orlefsthe 

 ufe of Senfes. Thofe Animals, who, like the Vegetable, are fixed to 

 one place, and only move themfelves in that place in order to take 

 in their nourifhment, have very few Senfes, perhaps only one, viz. 

 the Touch, without which they could not be an Animal at all. 



Thus, I have endeavoured to explain the Differences betwixt the 

 Animal and the Vegetable : Some of the Similarities I have likewife 

 mentioned ; and I will fay more upon that fubjedl when I come to 

 treat of Nature, and to (how what a wonderful analogy the differ- 

 ent parts of Nature have to one another. 



The only two Minds, that remain to be compared, are the Animal 

 and the Intelleftual. But, upon this fubje£t, I hope I have already 

 faid enough for the fatisfadtion of thofe who can be convinced by o- 

 ther evidence than that of their Senfes : For there is no experiment 

 that can fhow this difference, as in the cafe of the Animal and Ve- 

 getable Life ; it is only found reafoning and good philofophy which 

 can fatisfy a Man that he is not a Brute. 



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