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fecuring us from the Injuries of Cold, or re- 

 lieving us when we have been bitten and be- 

 num'd with it. A Subjedl or Utenlil of fo va- 

 rious and inexplicable Ufe, who could have in- 

 vented and formed, but an infinitely wife and 

 powerful Efficient? 



Secondly, The Air ferves us, and all Ani- 

 mals, to breathe in, containing the Fewel of that 

 yital Flame we fpeak of, without which it 

 would fpeedily languifh and go out 5 fo ne- 

 ceifary it is for us, and other Land-Animals, 

 that without the Ufe of it we could live but 

 very few Minutes : Nay, FiQ>es and other 

 Water-Animals cannot abide without the Ufe 

 of it 'y for if you put Fifh into a VelTel of a 

 narrow Mouth full of Water, they will live 

 and fwim there, not only Days and Months, 

 but even Years; but if with your Hand, or 

 any other Cover, you flop the Veffel fo as wholly 

 to exclude the Air, or interrupt its Commu- 

 nication with the Water, they will fuddenly 

 be fufFocatedj as Rondeletiiis affirms he often 

 experimented. If you fill not the Vefll^l up 

 to the Top, but leave fome Space empty for the 

 Air to take up, and then clap your Hand up-r 

 on the Mouth of the VeiTel, the Fiffies will 

 prefently contend which fhall get uppermoft in 

 the Water, that fo they may enjoy the open 

 Air; which I have alfo obferv'd them to do 

 in a Pool of Water that hath been almofi: dry 

 in the*Summer-Time, becaufe the Air that in- 

 finuated it felf into the Water did not fuffice 

 them for Refpiration. Neither is it lefs ne- 



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