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The proportionable Size of Fruits and Seeds 
t® the Trees and Plants that bear them? 
comes under no Rules that correfpond with 
our Conceptions. The Beech and Ajh are 
produced from Seeds fmaller than the Gar¬ 
den Bean. The Oak has for its Fruit only a 
fmall Acorn *, whereas the Pumpkin, whole 
Weight fometimes exceeds ioclb, is the 
Production of a feeble creeping Plant, un¬ 
able to fupport itfelf, much lefs its enor¬ 
mous Fruit. The Vanilla, (climbing to the 
Height of feveral Feet) produces in long Pods 
Seeds fo fmall, their Diameter is not more 
than the 100th Part of an Inch. Then, fup- 
poling the Cavity of its Pod equal to a cy¬ 
lindrical Tube of Inch Diameter, and its 
Length to be fix Inches, (which Dimen- 
fions are taken with great Moderation) the 
Number of Seeds in one fingle Pod will be 
more than 47000.——-Thefe Seeds ground 
with Chocolate give it a rich Perfume. 
I could add many more Gbfervations, 
which perhaps fome of my Pleaders might 
be pleafed with; but finding this Work has 
grown under my Plands, much beyond the 
Size I intended, I fhall haifen to conclude 
this Part with recommending the Study of 
Nature to all who have Leifure and Oppor¬ 
tunity for it, as affording the moil reafona- 
ble Pleafure the Mind of Man is capable of 
enjoying. 
The World around us is the mighty Vo¬ 
lume, wherein the Great Creator with his 
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