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fcent: Yet both of them being 

 lutEciently pliable ^ they are thus 

 capable^ where the Soyl may op- 

 pofe a dired defcent^ there to di- 

 vert any way where it is more pe- 

 netrable^ and fo to delcend ob- 

 liquely. For the fame reafon it 

 may alio be^ that though you fet 

 a Bean with the Radicle upward 5 

 yettheKW/^/e^ asitfhoots^ decli- 

 ning alfo gradually, isthusarch'd 

 in form of an Hook, and fo at laft 

 defcends. For every declination 

 from a perpendicular Line, is a 

 mixed motion betwixt Afcent and 

 Defcent ^ as that of the Radicle al- 

 io is, andfb feeming to be depen- 

 dent upon the two contrary Ten- 

 dencies of the L/^;/^/^ and Cortical 

 Bodies, What may be the caule 

 of thofe Tendencies ("being moft 

 probably external, and perhaps 

 fomethingof a 7I/^^;/e^;y^/eJ isbe- 

 fides my Task here to enquire. 

 Now although the Ugnom Body^ 



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