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fcent to run the greateft hazard of 

 lofing his life, without the fmalleft 

 apprehenfion of danger. 



SECTION XV. 



All fruits in general exhale a delete- 

 rious air by day and by nighty in 

 the light and in the darky and pof- 



fefs a remarkable power of fpread^ 

 ing a poifonous quality through the 



furrounding air. 



I WAS, indeed, not a little fur- 

 prized to find this effect in even the 

 irioft delicious fruit, fuch as peaches, 

 grapes, apples, and mulberries. By 

 what I obferved in my experiments 

 I am apt to think, that the power of 



fruit, 



