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or atmofpheric air. Beiides, water 

 overcharged with air parts eafily 

 with it, which of confequence will 

 of itfelf fettle in the form of bub- 

 bles upon the leaves, and thus dis- 

 turb their whole operation. We 

 know that pump-^water poiieiTes of 

 itfelf a great portion of air, which 

 is generally thought to be for a part 

 fixed air, to which it owes its agree- 

 ably pungent or briik tafte, which 

 makes it palatable above all other 

 waters. We know with more cer- 

 tainty, that boiled and cliftilled wa- 

 ter are deprived of the greater! part 

 of their air ; and this is perhaps 

 the reafon, why they are not fo 

 palatable as common fpring or pump- 

 water. Therefore it feems to be 

 not quite improbable, that water 

 which has been boiled or diftilled is 

 very apt to abforbe itfelf the air 



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