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lie in the mldft of a copious Jelly, which ferves 

 them for their firft Nouriihment for a confidera- 

 ble while ; and at laft the Refult of all is not a 

 perfed: Frog, but a Tadpole, without any Feet, 

 and having a long Tail to fwim withal ; in which 

 Form it continues a long time, till the Limbs be 

 grown out and the Tail fallen away, before it 

 arrives at the Perfeftion of a Frog. 



Now if Frogs can be generated fpontaneoufly 

 in the Clouds out of Vapour, or upon the Earth 

 out of Duft and Rain-Water, what needs all this 

 a-do ? To what purpofe is there fuch an Appara- 

 tus of Veflels for the Elaboration of the Sperm 

 and Eggs ? fuch a tedious Procefs of Generation 

 and Nutrition? This is but an idle Pomp; the 

 Sun (for 'he is fuppos'd to be the equivocal Gene- 

 rant or Efficient by thefe Philofophers) could 

 have difpatch'd the Bufinefs in a Trice ; give him 

 but a little Vapour, or a little dry Duft and Rain- 

 Water, he will produce you a quick Frog, nay, 

 a whole Army of them, perfe6lly form'd, and fit 

 for all- the Fundions of Life, in three Minutes, 

 nay, in the hundredth Part of one Minute, elfe 

 muft fome of thofe Frogs that were generated in 

 the Clouds fall down half formed and imperfect, 

 which I never heard they did; and the Procefs of 

 Generation have been obferv'd in the Produdlion 

 of Frogs out of Duft and Rain- Water, which no 

 Man ever pretended to mark or difcern. But 

 that there can be no Frogs generated in the 

 Clouds, may further be made appear, i. From 



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