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power of infeBing the cir CuInaM— 
bient air in the dark, even 10 fuck 
a degree, that in. a few hours ‘they. 
render a great body of good air fo. 
noxious, that an ani mal placed in 
it Iofes its life. in a few Jecouds.5, 
that all flowers render the Jurround- 
ing air highly noxious, equally by 
night and by day; that the roots rée- 
maved from the ground do the fame, 
fome few, however, excepted; — but. 
that in general fruits have the 2 fame. = 
peutic) quality a. al i times, though : 
scipally in the dark, and many. 
to as an ahonifoing degree, that 
even fome of thofe fruits which are. 
the mofi delicious, as, for inflance,. 
peaches, contaminate. fo much the. — 
common air as would endanger us.to 
Lofe our lives, if we were fout up in a 
root in which a great deal of Such: 4 
fruits are @ flored ups that the fun by 
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