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mony -, the Jalap -, the Coloqui7itida ; the China ; 

 Sarfa-y the Serpent aria Virginiana ^ or Snake- 

 weed 5 the A^///, or Gen/eg -, the Numerofe Bal- 

 fam^ and Gum-tree^', many of which are of late 

 much illuftrated by the great Iilduftry and Skill 

 of that moft difcerning Botanift, Dr. Leonard 

 Plukenet. Of what great Ufe all thefe, and in- 

 numerable other Plants, are to Mankind in the 

 feveral Parts of Life, few or none can be igno- 

 rant ; befides the known Ufes in Curing Dif- 

 eafes, in Feeding and Cloathing the Poor, in 

 Building, in Dying: In all Mechanicks there 

 may be as nuny more not yet difcovered, and 

 which may be referved on purpofe to exercife 

 the Faculties beftowed on Man, to find out what 

 is neceffary, convenient, pleafant, or profitable 

 to him. 



To fum up all in brief: This T' err aqueous 

 Globe we know is made up of two Parts j 



1. A thin and fluid. 



2. A firm and confiftent.. 



The former, called by the Name of Water , 

 the latter, of Earthy or Dry Land. The Land^ 

 being the more denfe and heavy Body, doth 

 naturally defcend beneath the Water, and oc- 

 cupy the lower Place ; the Water afcends* and 

 floats above it. But we fee that it is not thus : 

 For the Land, though the more heavy, is for- 

 cibly and contrary to its Nature fo elevated as 

 to cafl: off the Water, and ftand above it, be- 



