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CHAP. V. 



T N all countries, whether agriculture be pro* 

 moted or negleded by mankind, nature aflifts 

 to fow and plant as well as to fertilize the earth. 

 The feeds of lofty trees are many of them wing- 

 ed ; and when they are ripe, the autumnal 

 winds blow them off, and fcatter them at a 

 great diftance from their mother plants : others 

 are in pods, or hufks, and not capable of be- 

 ing carried by the motion of the air ; but Pro- 

 vidence hath given them as food to birds, who 

 carry them to diftant places, and in feeding 

 fcatter part of the feed in foils proper for them 

 to take root in and fpring up. Even the 

 droughts of the autumn contribute to increafe 

 and propagate trees and plants ; for by caufing 

 deep chinks or chaps in the earth, the feeds of 

 trees, and larger plants, that require depth, are 

 lodged at proper depths for their growth, and, 

 at the fame time, fecured from fuch animals 

 as feed on them. The feeds of annual plants 



are. 



