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 climate, 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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