I. 





mucii 



3?e 



9 



t^ 



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apricot 



^ oil fr 



:iiti 



oin 



IS 



pro 



e kernels 

 ^vhole. 



a 



ro that the 



Jnfliment, 

 aland, and 



And that 

 ito whole- 



by Hero- 

 light thus 

 art much 



0' 



cipallyex- 

 of all ani- 

 ence fpon- 

 roduction 



fpirituou^ 

 In the 



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II 



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ff into the 

 id there is 

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•en twenty 



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from 



bis 



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or 



flared 



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Sect. VI. 5.3,4 



SECRETIONS* 



77 



mucilage of th 



feed into fugar for its own nourifhmetit 



or 



they obtain fugar ready prepared for them from fome roots, as 



th 



beet 



from many fruits 



pes, pears, peaches 



from the 



m 



ilk of cocoa-nuts, and from the fap-juice of the fugar-maple, birch 



and 



many 



oth 



And 



ppears probable 



> 



that fug 



principal nutriment of both animal and vegetable beings, 

 the mofl nutritive part of vegetable fubftances is evinced by 



That 



w 



fcertained fadl, that the llaves in 



Jamaica grow 



fat 



m 



the 



fugar->harveft, though they endure at that time much more labour. 



Yet there is an idle notion propagated amongft the people that fugar 

 is unwholefome ; it is indeed probable, that the moft nourifliing ma- 

 terials may be taken more eafily to excefs, but not that it is therefore 



wholefome ; at the fame time it is probable, that fome 

 fruits preferved in fyrup, or fweet-meats, may contribute to deftroy 



ice, if the fugar fhould become in a ftate of decompo- 



m 



c> 



the teeth 

 fition. ar 



fi 



d the faccharine acid fhould abound 



will diflblve calca 



th with greater avidity than any other acid 



3 



In many plants fugar is found ready prepared, as above men 



ed 



; thus in the beet-root, the cryftals of it may be difperned by 

 a microfcope ; and may be extracted from the mucilaginous matter of 

 the root by difTolving it in redified fpirit of v^ine ; which will unite 

 with fugar but not with mucilage. In the joints of grafs and of corn 

 it may be difcovered by the tafte. In the manna-afli, fraxinus ornus, 

 the fame faccharine matter is produced along with the eflential fait of 



the 

 fuch 



mankind 



which ii 

 quantity 

 And. 



purgative ; and in the fugar-cane it abound 



as to 

 •and w 



tribute much to the 

 Great God of Tuft 



ifhment of 

 grant, that 



ayfoon be cultivated only by the hands of freedom, and may the 





napp 



to the labourer, as well as to the merchant and 



fumer 



t 



4. Another fource of fugar in vegetables is in the fruit, which in 



many plants changes from an auflere acid to a faccharine acid, 



goofeberricsy 



as in 



