240 Human Frame. 



these purposes are answered by the eel 

 lar membrane, or adipose substance. 

 There must be an adequate cover, 

 over the whole apparatus, both to give it 

 compactness and to defend it from u 

 thousand injuries ; which, in fact, are v the 

 very purposes of the skin, and other in- 

 teguments. Lastly, the mind being form- 

 ed for society and intercourse with be- 

 ings of her own kind, she must be endu- 

 ed with powers of expressing and com- 

 mu Bleating her thoughts by some sensi- 

 ble marks or signs, easy to herself and 

 capable of great variety ; and accordingly 

 she is provided with the organs and fa- 

 culty of speech, by which she can throw 

 out signs with amazing facility, and van 

 them without end. 



u Thus we have built a body which 

 seems to be pretty complete ; but, as it is 

 the nature of matter to be worked upon 

 and altered so, in a very little time, e. 

 a living creature must 1 'jyed, if 



there is no provision for repairing the in- 

 juries which she will commit upon her- 

 self, and those which she ...Tposed 

 to from without. Therefore,, a treasure 

 of blwd is actually '.e heart 



