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managed, fo 



re contribute 

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 rje furniilied 

 le lacleals In 

 y their quick 



animals, will 



:h fupplyt^f 

 f animal and 



cefs, or fpo"' 



limals; \^ 

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Sect. X 



4 



MANURES 



55 



fucrar, and fecm only to differ in this refpea, that the chyle of ani- 

 mals 'alfo contains oil, which being mixed with the mucilage gives 



it its whitenefs like milk, 

 ment mod expeditioufly to 



Hence thofe matters muft fupply 



£} 



etables, which contain m 



o 



and 



produce them with the leafl decompofi 



fugar, or ^ 



from the (havings of horns, from hair, woollen rags, 



the jellies 

 d the fac- 



ch 



matter of fweet fruits, roots, kernel 



feed 



d 



HI 



th 



fame manner thefe things with the addition of oil are moft expedi 



fly nutritive to animals 

 Thirdly, fuch mate 



as 



fblution thofe fimple fub 



fiances, which conftitute a great part of vegetable bod 



which is found in mod earth 



and 



oxy 



as carbon, 

 and nitro- 



gen, which are found in water and 



1, hydrogen, 



and from hence we may 



de, that whatever material has conflituted a part of living or- 

 o-anic bodies, may again conftitute a part of them ; and that with 

 more expedition, if they can be ufed without being decompofed into 



> 



faid 



friend, who was 



their primary elements 



Mr. Bewley, the Norfolk philofoph 

 riding by his fide, that when he wanted a whip, he habitually looked 



^e, unwilling to pluck off a leafy branch. 



He might have added, th 



to 



its elements, and 



for a dead ftick in the hedge, unw' 



and deftroy fo rnany living buds. 



burn a hair or a ftraw unneceffarily diminiihes the fum of matter fit 



for quick nutrition by decompofing it nearly 



fhould therefore give fome compundions to a mind of univerfal fym- 



pathy. 



It would feem therefore, that long roots fixed into the earth, and 



leaves innumerable waving in the air, were neceflary for the decom- 

 pofition and new combinations of water and air, and the converfion 

 of them into faccharine and mucilaginous matter ; which would 

 have been not only cumbrous but totally incompatible with the lo- 

 comotions of animal bodies ; for how could a man or quadruped 



have 



