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GLANDS AND 



Sect. VI. 7. i 



/ 



f honey fhould be expofed to the open air in the ne<flary 



ey-ciip 



for wh 



purpofe fo great an apparatus for its 



c. 



detence 



from 



1 



fea 



dfr 



flio 



b 



y 



y 



Th 



inc 



fes, when we recolleifl, that the fugar in the joi 



s 



difficulty 

 f grafs, in 



fuear-cane, and in the roots o^ beets 



<x 



nd 



in 



pe ^i 



duced without ex.pofure to th 



But on fuppofition of its fuppl 



i> 



utriment 



the anthers 



1 



d fligmas 



may th 



us 



acqu 



oxygenation for the purpofe of producing the greater powers of ama 

 toriai fenfibihty, as mentioned in Sed. IV. 5. 6. and probably in thi 

 circumftance alone differs Uova fugar. 



From this p 



f honey for the male and female parts of 



flowers, and from the provilions of fu 



ftarch 



d 



o 



he fruits, feed 



d alburnum of plants, laid up for 



IFi 



triment of the young progeny ; not only a very numerous clafs of 

 fe6ls, but a great part of the larger animals, procure their food. Surely 

 this muft'be called a wife providon of the Author of nature, as by 

 thefe means innumerable animals enjoy life and pleafure without 

 producing pain to others ; for the embryons in thefe buds, feeds, or 

 eo-o-s, as well as the nutriment laid up for them, are not yet endued 

 with fenfitive life. There is another fource of nutriment provided for 

 young animals, which ilill further evinces the benevolence of the Au- 

 thor of nature ; and that is the milk furnifhed by the mother to her 

 offspring ; by this beautiful contrivance the mother acquires pleafure 

 in parting with a nutritious fluid, and the offspring in receiving it ! 

 VII. I. The wax is another vegetable fecretion produced 



f 



/or- 



datino; duft on the anthers of flow 



bich 



feafon 



or 



preferves from rain, to which it is impenetrable;, for the farina, 

 fecundating dufl of plants, is liable to fwell if expofed to much moif- 



d 



burfl its fh 



d it either then becomes inert and 



ffedual, or is wafned away. Whence Mr.Wahlborn obfer 



that 



i-y 



d many of the graffes, and pi 



ft 



p th 



o 



filaments, and 



pofe the enclofed fccundat 



8 



dufl 



; 



I 



I 



