Jaus method, if I may fo call it, that (he apparently 
affedts in the producing moft of her Works. For^ tho 
it be true, that for the moft part Nature ads fteadily^ 
and brings forth her produdions, efpecially thofethat 
are moft perfect and elaborate, fuch as K^e^^We/ and 
Animds^ according to fettled Rules and fixt Types or. 
Models ; yet does (he not always tye herfelf up to the 
obfervance. of fuch ftrid Laws, but that Che fometimes 
falls very much ftiort of her ufual ftandard, and at o- 
ther times goes as far in t'other extreme, by vaftly fur^ 
paffing the common bounds of her Workmanftiip. 
Thus, to take an inftance from her Vegetable King-- 
dotii, we cannot but obferve among Trees, and other. 
Plants, though of the fame fpecies, that fome are of a- 
Dwarf-kind, while others arife to fo ftupendious a. 
growth,, that tliey more than doubk the bulk even of 
fuch as are efteem'd large in the fame Tribe. Several 
examples of (lich X^X^ Glgantlck Odks^ and other forts, 
of exceeding, vaft Trees, may be feen regiftred by the 
curious Mr Evelyn^ in his ufeful Book of Forreft-Trees^, 
Chap.. 30, nor is it improper to make an. Analogy or, 
comparjfbn between the Augmentation of ^//^^^/ Bpdies 
and thofe of /^^e^^/'/ej-, tho apparently very different iii- 
their kinds, fince 'tis highly reafonable to thinli, there 
is not only an affinity in the manner of growth im 
both, but that /tis theXame principle Nature makt^3,ufa 
of f or the encreafe of one as of t'other. 
• Nay, = we may remark y:et further, that Natiare is. as: 
uncontrollable in her Animal,as fhe is in her Vegexable. 
produftions, and fcarce obferving any fize or ftandard,^ 
afts with as great, a degrpe ot Latitude: in fome of thoCe. 
^s fhe does in theft. . For example, ftiould wi^ cotppjai^ 
that littia low race of .HoHes^ fomp of, whlc^ I fiav.e^ 
feen not mach- bjgger than a large 0og„^ we J have f roni, 
th^JJl^ofUan,, ufually calXdi ^Mank^ Borfe^^^ that. 
Ijbfty, Iqyr^e, . aqd jftately breed they have. in. Northamp^- 
