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rather to the fun-fhine: thus the 
leaves continuing to live, continue _ 
alfo to perform. the office they per- 
formed out of the water, as far as 
the water does not obftrué it. The 
Water prevents only new atmo- 
{pheric air being abforbed by the 
leaves, but does not prevent that air, 
which already exifted in the leaves, 
from. oozing out. This air, pre- 
pared in the leaves by the influence 
of the light of the fun, appears foon 
upon the furface of the leaves in 
» moftt 1€. ny in 
the form of round bubbles, which, 
increafing gradually in fize, and de- 
taching themfelves from the leaves, 
rife up and fettle at the inverted © 
bottom of the jar: they are fuc- 
ceeded by new bubbles, till the 
leaves, not being in the way of fu 
_ plying themfelves with new atmo-— 
5. _ {pheric 
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