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and avenues for receiving speedy intelligence, on all 

 needful occasions It lias iodgments, wherein to post 

 Sentinels, for various offices : to expedite whose ope- 

 rations the whoie turns on a CM ions pivot, nicely 

 contrived to afford the larg -st arid freest circumvo- 

 lutions. 



This is screened from heat, defended from cold, 

 and at. the same time beautified by the hair: a deco- 

 ration so delicate, as no art can supply: so perfectly 

 light as no way to i'lC'imbrr tlh wearer. 



While other animals art prone in their aspect, the 

 attitude of man is erect, which is by far the most 

 graceiuiand bspvaks superiority. IT. is by far the 

 most commodious, for prosecution of all our extensive 

 designs. It is likewise safest, less exposed to Gangers^ 

 and better contrived to repel or avoid them. D :es it 

 not also remind us of our noble original, and our sub- 

 lime end ? Our original, which was the breath of 

 the Almighty:, our end, which was the enjoyment of 

 him in glory. 



THUS much for the rafters and beams of the house* 

 Let us now survey the lodgings wi-hi i. Here are the 

 ligaments, a tough and strong arrangement of fibres, 

 to unite the several parts, and render what would 

 otherwise be an unwieldy jumble, a well compacted 

 and self-manageable system : membranes, thin and 

 -flexile tunides, to enwrap the fleshy parts, to con- 

 nect s<fme, and form a separation between others : ar, 

 terios. the rivers ot our little \\orld, that striking out 

 .as they go, into numberless small canals, visit every 

 street. )ea every apartment in the vital city. These 

 l)emg wide at first, and growing narrower and nar 

 rower, check the rapidly of the blood. This thrown 

 from the heart dilates the arteries, and their own 

 clastic force contracts them: by which means they 

 Tibrate against the finger, and much assist both in the 

 -discovery and cure ot diseases* The larger arteries^ 

 wherever the blood is forced to bend, ire situate on 

 tht bending side : lest being stretched t > an improper 

 .length,, Uie circulation should be retarded. They 



