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Toes were fenc'd with Hoofs, which in good 

 meafurc fecur'd them ^ but the main thing wasiy 

 that the Cold is, as it were, its own Antidote j 

 for the Air being fully charg'd and fated with ni- 

 trous, or fome other fort of Particles (which are 

 the great Efficients of Cold, and no lefs alfo the 

 pabulum of Fire) when infpir'd, doth by means 

 of them caufe a great Accenfion and Heat in the 

 Blood (as we fee Fuel burns raflily in fuch Wea- 

 ther) and fo enable it to refift the Impreffions of 

 the Cold for fo fhort a time as its more nimble 

 Circulation expofes it thereto, before it comes to 

 another beating. From hence may an Account 

 be given why the Inhabitants of hot Countries 

 may endure longer Fafting and Hunger than 

 thofe of colder ; and thofe feemingly prodigious, 

 and to us fcarce credible Stories, of the Faflings 

 and Abftinence of the Egyptian Monks, be ren^ 

 der'd probable, 



2. Other Animals, which are of a colder Tem- 

 per, and made to endure a long Inedia or fafting, 

 and to lie in their Holes almoft torpid all Winter, 

 as all Kinds of Serpents and Lizards^ have indeed 

 Lungs, but do not inceffantly breathe, or when 

 they have drawn in the Air, neceffarily expire it 

 again, but can retain it at their Pleafure, and live 

 without Refpiration whole Days together, as was 

 long fince experimented by Sir "Thomas Brown, 

 M. p. in a Frog ty'd by the Foot under Water 

 for that purpofe by him. This Order of Crea- 

 tures have but one Ventricle in their Hearts, and 



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