SECTION V. 



ffhe dephhgijticated air oozing out of 

 the leaves in the water is not exift- 

 ing in the Jubftance of the leaves 

 in this pure ftate^ but is only fe~ 

 creted out of the leaves when it has 

 undergone a purification^ or a kind 

 of tranf mutation* 



IF the dephloglfticated air col- 

 lected from the leaves in the fun 

 exifted in them in its pure ftate, it 

 mult appear as fuch ¥/hen fqueezed 

 out of the leaves under water; or, 

 at leaft, if the leaves are only fhook 

 gently under water, without hurting 

 their organization, or when they are 

 put in warm or in hoiling water. 



I fqueezed a handful or two of 

 potatoe leaves under water 3 and kept 



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