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Contrivance and Defign do fo clearly and unde- 

 niably appear. 



The fame Academijls^ as I remember, tell us, 

 that they have found by Experience that the aque- 

 ous Humour of the Eye will not freeze; which 

 is very admirable, feeing it hath the Perfpicuity 

 and Fluidity of common Water, and hath not 

 been taken notice of, fo far as I have heard, to 

 have any eminent Quality difcoverable either by 

 Tafte or Smell; fo that it muft be of fome fm- 

 gukr and sethereal nature, and deferves to be ex- 

 amined and annaliz'd by the curious Naturalifts 

 of our Times. 



The Providence of Nature is wonderful in a 

 Camel or Dromedary^ both in the Strufture of his 

 Body and in the Provifion that is made for the 

 Suftenance of it ; concerning the firft I fliall in- 

 ftance only in the Make of his Foot, the Sole 

 whereof, as the Parijian Academijis do obferve, 

 is flat and broad, being very fleflay, and cover'd 

 only with a thick, fofr, and fomewhat callous 

 Skin, but very fit and proper to travel in fandy 

 Places, fuch as are the Defarts of Africk and Afia ; 

 we thought (fay they) that this Skin was like a 

 living Sole, which wore not with the Swiftnefs 

 and the Continuance of the March, for which 

 this Animal is almoft indefatigable ; and it may 

 be this Softnefs of the Foot, which yields and fits 

 itfelf to the Ruggednefs and Unevennefs of the 

 Roads, does render the Feet lefs capable of being 

 worn than if they were more folid. 



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