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The Natural Hiiftory of the. __— Book MIT. 
Yet this is every way as perfect as an Ox,’a Whale, or an Elephant. What 
lefg than infinite Wifdom and Power, could difpofe a little Portion of 
Matter, almoft too {mall to be viewed by the naked Eye, into that infi- 
nite Variety of Parts that are neceflary to form an organic Body! 
Let us confider how inexpreffibly fine, flender, and delicate muft. the 
feveral Parts be, that are neceflary to form the Organs, to proportion the 
Strudture, to dire the Machinery, and preferve and fupply the vital 
and animal Adtion, in one of thefe very fmall: Animals : , Yet every Part 
that is neceflary to animal Life is as truly found in one of them, as in 
Behemoth and Leviathan. Y very much doubt, whether any Wifdom, but 
that‘which framed them, can fully comprehend the Structure, the Sym- 
metry, the Beauties, of fuch almoft imperceptible Generations: And I 
think it muft needs exceed any finite Underftanding to conceive, much 
lefs explain, how fuch an infinite Variety of Parts, and Exercife of Pow- 
ers, could be contained or exerted within fo narrow a Space. 
Firft, The Heart, the Fountain of Life; then the Mutcles, neceffary 
to produce Motion ; the Glands, for the Secretion of Juices; the Ven- 
tricle and Inteftines, for digefting their Nourifhment ; and numberlefs 
other Parts which are neceflary to form an organic Body.---This Know- 
lege is too wonderful and excellent for any human Underftanding, when 
weconfider, that each of thofe Members are themfelves alfo “ organical Bo- 
“ dies; that they confift of Fibres, Membranes, Coats, Veins, Arteries, 
“ Nerves, and numberlefs Springs, Tubes, and Pullies, too fine for Fancy 
“¢ itfelf to conceive.” 
Can we likewife form the leaft Guefs how infinitely fubtile and fine 
muft the Parts of thofe Fluids be, that circulate thro’ thefe Tubes, ‘* as the 
“¢ Blood, the Lympha, and Animal Spirits, which in the largeft Animals 
“© are fo exquifitely fine, that no Imagination can explain or conceive ?” 
Can any Knowlege, any Power, lefs than infinite, produce or explain 
fuch wonderful Effeéts and Appearances as thefe ? 
We may conclude therefore, that infinite Wifdom is as truly and won- 
derfully difplayed in the fmalleft as in the greateft Works of the Creation ; 
and nothing lefs than the fame Wifdom that formed the univerfal Syf{tem, 
_ could poffibly produce the fmalleft and moft contemptible Being in Nature. 
In treating of our Animals, I fhall begin with the domeftic and labo- 
rious Kind. 
Thefe are much the fame Breed with thofe of the fame Species in Ezg- 
land, tho’ not quite fo large. 
Among the Diftempers which infect thefe, there is one of a very con- 
tagious and peftilential (r) Kind ; for a Beaft fhall feemingly, by his feed- 
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(1) If the Planters would make a {mall continual {mothering Fire, with Pitch and Tar, and Vegetables 
of the Terebinthine Kind, to the Eaftward of the Pens or Places where their Cattle are tied, and fed upon, 
I am of Opinion, that it might be of great Service to prevent or leffen this Diftemper. The moft common, 
and I believe the moft fuccefsful Drench, given to thefe diftempered Cattle, is the following : ’ 
Take the Quantity of an Egg of Caftile Soap, a Pint of Rum, half a Pint of Lime-Fuice, a Pint of Arrow- 
Root-Fuice, and a Pint and an half of Vervain-Fuice, mixed and incorporated together, and given in a Drench. | 
This hath often been of great Service. 
N. B. The Soap mutt be diffolved. 
