Of the Farina Fcecundam 



proportionally thinner, finer, and 

 more pellucid. 



* But however that be, tho' I 

 frequently obferved that Water caufes 

 no vifible Alteration in the Farina 

 fccundans of the Pomgranate, Af- 

 paragus, Hop, and fome others of the 

 transparent Species, I am yet inclined 

 (rather than fuppofe that Nature is 

 not agreeable to itfelf in the Means 

 it makes ufe of for attaining fimilar 

 Ends) to believe, that the Non-ap- 

 pearance of this A&iort is either 

 owing to the Minutenefs of thefe 

 fmall Bodies, ten of them fcarce 

 equalling one Globule of the Mal- 

 low-Farina, or to their Shape and 

 Structure, each of them being oval, 

 extreamly light, yet heavier at the 

 fmaller End, which caufes them to 



emerge 



* h would be no more than a mere ccrjeSiural 

 Szippofition, to imagine, that pojjibly the J'retting 

 of W ine in the Spring Time, when the Vines 

 are in Flower, may be owing to a Fermentation 

 excited in it by the fubtle Matter emitted out ef 

 the Globules of Farina, with which the whole Airj 

 no doubt of it, is at that Time impregnated ; yet t 

 as it appears by the Microfcope, that this Matter 

 is inconceivably fne, fubtle, and penetrating, the 

 Suppoftion carries with it an Air of Probability. 



