TRAVELLING, &c; § 
Fhyfic gardens are here cultivated ; where 
the plants of various kinds are cplle&ed from 
all parts of the globe, that we may by this 
means behold, as it were, the great in the 
little world. 
Hither inftruments for experimental philo- 
fophy are brought together, that the abftrufe 
forces of the elements, which otherwife would 
pfcape pur fenfes, may be made manifeft, and 
that fo we may fuccefsfully be let into the 
very receffes of nature * as far as human pe- 
netration will admit qf. 
All thefe things are inftituted in academies, 
that the youth may arrive at knowledge by 
experience *, all tend to this end, that tjio’ we 
be confined to one fpot, one corner of the 
earth, we may examine the great and various 
ftores of knowledge, and therein behold the 
immenfe domains of nature, and get acquaint- 
ed with fuch things, as otherwife muft be 
fought for, and oftentimes in vain, oyer the 
whole globe. 
In my opinion therefore ftudying at acade- 
mies ought by no means to be negle&ed, but 
gather fhould be looked on as neceftary to 
thofe, who are ambitious of attaining wifdom, 
fopported by experience. And thofe who en- 
deavor 
