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But, he that muft owe all his know- 

 ledge of fuch things, to the labour'd in- 

 formation of others, without any reflex 

 notions of his own ; will have but an im- 

 perfedl comprehenfion of fuch matters — Or 

 even he that has competent qualifications 

 that v/ay, if he is indifpos'd to fuch kind 

 of refled:ions — 



Yet are the minuteft objedrs of that 

 kind fo far from being below, or unwor- 

 thy the confideration of the ivifejl m.an • 

 that the greateft philofopher^ that has yet 

 liv'd, has never ventured to declare his fuf- 

 jficiency fully to comprehend the invifible 

 manner of the workings of nature, in their 

 generation, nutrition, and accretion. 



But as feme larger apparatus is proper 

 for the introduction of fuch my Idea^ I 

 fliall endeavour to carry thofe depending mat- 

 ters further, and connect them clofer, on 

 this firft fylvan fcene j than has been done 

 by former writers on the like : Which 

 will fave thofe the trouble, who are no a- 

 depts herein, of ' turning over a great many 

 fylvatick authors, and at laft come fhort 



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