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I urge this Experiment, as the moft naturalymo^ eafy, 
and moft fafe way of ]\2iv'\n^ fweet water from xhtSea, 
and which may be ot greater ufe then perhaps fome 
are apt at the firft to fancy, even to iupply t\iQNece£ity 
of Navigators. 
6. And I do not doubt but there may be found other 
Plants growing in or near the Sea which would better 
fuit the Experiment SLndyeild frejb water in much grea- 
ter ^uantity-yfnch 2iS l{pcj^Sampire the IQili ^ind, or the 
Brajfica Marina &c. for all or any of thefe may be trycd 
how they will thrive in Sea water alone,or planted in earth 
well and daily wet with it. 
Among the known P/^;/^/ the ^argojje or Lenticu- 
la Marina, is not to be forgot this grows in vaft quan- 
tities from 3<5 to i8 Degrees Northern Latitude, and elfe- 
where upon the deepeft Seas. And I think ( to lay fome- 
thing by the by of that gx:t2Lt Fhcenomenon of the Winds) 
from the daily and conftant breath of that Plant, the 
Trade orTropic Winds do in gre2itp^rt arife : becaufe the 
matter of that JVind, coming ( as we fuppofe ) from the 
breath of only one P/^;/^, it muft needs make it con- 
ftant and uniform : Whereas the great variety of 
Plants 2LndTrees at Land muft needs furnifli aconfuf- 
ed matter of ^^;^^J': Again the Levant Breezes are brisk- 
eft about Noon, the S^n quickning the Plant moft then, 
caufing it to breath fafter, and more vigoroully ; and that 
Plants moftly languifti in the night is evident from 
many of them, which contrad: themfelves and clofc at 
that time i alfo from the effec^ls of our printers upon 
them, which caufe them to caft both fruit and leaves 
tooi whereas they are faid ( the fame Plants for kind ) 
univerfally to flourifli all the year alike within the 
Tjropicks, 
As for the direSlionof this Breeze from Eafi to ry^fl^ 
it m^y be owing to the General current ot the Sea, for 
