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conceive and fee their pliablenefs 

 to any oblique motion 5 fo here^ 

 on the contrary^ the Lignous Body 

 (landing wide 5 it thus becomes 

 the ftrength of the trunk^^ and 

 mod advantageous to its pejpendi- 

 cular growth. We fee the lame 

 Defign in Boms and Feathers : The 

 ftrongeft Bo^^es ^ as thofe in the 

 LegSg are hollow. Now fhould 

 we (uppofe the fame Bone to be 

 contracted into a Solid Body^ al- 

 though now it would be no hea- 

 vier 5 and in that refpeft^ as apt 

 for motion , yet would it have far 

 lefs ftrength^ than as it is dilated 

 to a Circumferential pofture. And 

 fbfbr ^ills^ whichp for the feme 

 ReafbnSj in fubferviency to flighty 

 we fee how exceeding light they 

 arCj and yet^ in comparife^n with 

 the thinnefs of their Body^ how 

 very ftrong : We fee it not only 

 in Nature^ but Art. For hence 

 it is that ^ojners and Car^CiJters 

 G 3 unite 



