L a 
= the moft part of other plants feem 
‘ to derive their ftock of air, Does 
= this vegetable matter imbibe the air 
= from the water, and change it into 
as ‘dephiogifticated air? ‘This dees not 
3 ‘teem to me probable, for I could not 
: oa ; obtain from watérs even by, boiling, 
So fo much air as we water. ah which 
i —- ‘ance roduced -yielded 
iby- Ff Remiacmepecdctiion ta 
rane ahaa that wonderful power 
of ‘nature; | of changing) one. fwb- 
fanice into arlothery, and of, promo- 
ting. perpetually that tranfmuftatien 
ot tubitances, which we. may -ob- 
derve every whére,.. is carried) on -in 
this green vegetable »matter ima 
more:ample- aid ‘cOnfpicuous way. 
The: water. itfelf,, or fome fubftance 
in the pois, as | think, chang- | 
2 _ .édsineo this. vegetation, and: under= 
=—2 < siiedy by the irrfhucs ence of) the, fun - 
ee! 
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me ates “sy 
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