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ried about in their proper channels, accord- 

 ing to the different fecretions that are to 

 be made from them : And in what pro- 

 portion the recrementitious fluid is convey- 

 ed away, to make room for frefh fupplies; 

 and what portion of this recrement nature 

 allots to be carried off, by the feveral kinds 

 of emunctories, and excretory duels. 



And fince in vegetables, their growth, and 

 the prefervation of their vegetable life, is 

 promoted and maintained, as in animals, 

 by the very plentiful and regular motion 

 of their fluids, which are the vehicles or- 

 dained by nature, to carry proper nutriment 

 to every part; it is therefore reafonable to 

 hope, that in them alfo, by the fame me- 

 thod of inquiry, confiderable difcoveries 

 may in time be made, there being, in many 

 refpefts, a great analogy between plants and 

 animals. 



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