6 GENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT. 



commanded more attention than the operation 

 of climate and lodging in respect to animals : 

 and climate and lodging being the more imme- 

 diate, effective, and obvious cause of the variety 

 and value of vegetables, these have commanded 

 more attention than food in respect to vegetables. 

 But to avail ourselves of the full advantage al- 

 lowed by nature, food, climate, and lodging, 

 both as they affect the one and the other, must 

 be clearly understood and equally attended to. 



The general progress of nature is uniform; 

 and in the continuation of her works, as if to 

 avoid the disorderly effect of an extreme indulg- 

 ence, or the capricious negligence of individuals, 

 the sexes were created, and it was ordained that 

 a junction of the two should be necessary for the 

 production of one individual ; and that in their 

 offspring, the habits and propensities of both male 

 and female should be blended. 



And further to protect her creatures from ca- 

 sual injury arising from a change of food, lodging, 

 and cUmate, the habits of both animals and ve- 

 getables are made subservient to such changes : 

 thus, the continuation of a superabundance of 

 food produces an increase in size, and a defici- 

 ency of food a decrease ; a cold and a hot climate, 

 and a wet and a dry lodging, each produces a 

 coat or covering for the body, and a tempera- 



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