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main Argument to prove that Brutes have no 

 Cogitation, becaufe the highefh of them could 

 never be brought to lignify thqir Thoughts or 

 Conceptions by any artificial Signs, either Words 

 or Geflures (which, if they had any, they v^ould 

 in all likelihood be forward enough to do;) 

 whereas all Men, both Fools and Mutes, make 

 ufe of Words or other Signs to exprefs their 

 Thoughts about any Subjects that prefent them- 

 felves, which Signs alfo have no reference to any 

 of their Pailionsj whereas the Signs that brute 

 Animals may be taught to ufe, are no other than 

 fuch as are the Motions of fome of their Paffions, 

 Fear, Hope, Joy, Gfc. Hence fome of die jVw- 

 ijld Rabbins did not fo abfurdly define 

 a Man * Animal loqiiens^ 2l fpeaking nn!2^n * 

 Creature. Having had occafion juit 

 now to mention the Saliva^ or Spittle, I am put 

 in mind of the eminent Ufe of this Humour, 

 which is commonly taken for an Excrement. 

 Becaufe a great Part of our Food is dry, there- 

 fore Nature hath provided feveral Glandules to 

 fepar^te this Juice from the Blood, and no lefs 

 than four Pair of Channels to convey it into the 

 Mouth, which are of late- Invention, and call'd 

 by Anatomifts Du6ius Salivales^ thro' which the 

 Saliva diftilling continually, ferves well to ma- 

 cerate and temper our Meat, and make it fit to 

 be chewed and fwallow'd. If a copious Moifture 

 did not .by thefe Conduit-Pipes inceffantly flow 

 . down into the Mouths of Horjes and Kine, how 

 were it poilible they fliould for a long time to- 

 I gether 



