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—wisG TION Vill. 
Dry plants bave very little or no 
power to afe? air; but, when 
_ mMoiftened, they infect air. 
I FILLED 2 jar with dry hay, 
another with dry ftraw, and left it 
inverted a good while; but could 
not find the air altered. 
[put fome' leaves of a lime tree, 
Se = the purpofe, in a jar full 
Oke | pump water; “and placed 
: RRORer jar, filled with an- equal 
number of frefh leaves of the fame 
: irces near it inthe fun. 
“The dry leaves began much later 
ns the others to yield round bub- 
bles juft in the fame way, but which 
did not grow fo quick, nor fo large. 
However, in a few hours, a good 
Se = deal 
