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O R G A N I C 



BODIES 



Or.INIS NATtJRA VULT- ESSE CONSERVATRIX SUI, UT & IN GENKRE CON-SERVETUR 3XJO 



M. tulilus Cicero d.t Fiii. Bon. & Ma!. 1. 4. 



ORGANIC 

 BODIES. 



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HE 



v/hicli demands 



lands of 



South Sea, is the hiilory of the organic bod 



which 



partly form, and partly dwell on their immediate exterior furiace. 

 They conlliitute the vegetable and animal kingdoms in the fyftem 

 of nature, the latter being diftinguiihed from the firfl, by the 

 powers of perception, or the fenfes, the peculiar attributes of 

 animal being. 



SECTION 



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TEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



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V I \HE vegetation which cloaths our earth, varies conliderably 



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in every country we met with during our circum-navigation. 



even as the appearances of the lands themfelves, are new and fingu- 

 lar in almofl every one of them. Between the" tropics. 



we met 



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with the Low Illands, conlifting of mere coral rocks, fcarce covered 

 with fand. The Society Ifles of vail: height, furrounded by rich 



S plains. 



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