iS6 JnESS AY on the Trocefs Chap. 6. 



when once received^ to hear it on along with 

 it. Water is farther capacitated to be a Ve- 

 hicJe to this Matter^ by the tenuity and fine- 

 Tiefs of the Corpifcles of which it confifis. 

 We hardly know any Fluid in all 'Nature^ ex- 

 cept Hr^, whofe conjiituent farts are fo ex- 

 ceeding fuhtile and jfe^// as thofe of f F^ir^r 

 are. They'll pafs Pores and Interjtices that 

 neither i^zr nor any other Fluid will. This 

 enables them to enter xhtfinejl Tubes and Vef- 

 fels o( Plants, and to introduce the T^rr^yZm/ 

 Matter, conveying it to all Parts of them 3 

 whilft each, by means of Organs 'tis endow- 

 ed with for that purpofe, intercepts and af- 

 fumes into itfeif fuch Particles as are fuitable 

 to its own Nature, letting the rejl pafs on 

 through the common DuSs. Nay, we have 

 almoft every- where Mechanical Injlances of 

 much tliQ fame Tenor. 'Tis obvious to every 

 one how eafily and fuddenly Humidity, or the 

 Corpufcles of Water fuftained in the Air, 

 pervade and infmuate themfelves into Cords, 

 however tightly twifted, mXo Leather, Parch- 

 ment. Vegetable Bodies, Wood, and the like. 

 This it is that fits them for Hydrometers, and 

 to meafure and determine the different quanti- 

 ties of Moijlure in the Air, in different Places 

 and Seafons. How freely Water pafTes and 

 carries with it Terrejirial Matter, through 

 Filtres, Colatures, Dijiillations, dec, hath been 

 intimated already. 



8. Water 



