tb £ S r N A T U R A E H I S T O R Y rf_ _ _ '
Spirits’ftomthe Ma&\of-Blond;’ « 1 4 H K &
their "Difpenfation into -the »*i«»S B B | dfH R Bp# ,
Heneb A g e i n g taken in too gfeat a quantity become »
Snous: Leticelikewife, Melons and Cucumbers,cnnfifting
of a mucilaginous Water,- dovibtfcfs .entangle the amm
S[*iw p m m I ; H R I “ ohberaHrtaken, the whole Onconomy of the Body is
difctrder'd, the Spirits receding like the Sun-beams, which
being fcreen’d by thick interpofing Clouds leave all 1
Darknefs. - ; - _ 7 '5"~
zAn Appendix to tie Chapter P l AittSjj $
•Avingfoonipleated my Hypothefis concern«« t l e W
m , MtaHanof Sea-Plants,IJhall in the next place propoft
feme Conieaures about the Vegetation of and Land,
■Plante, and giye an account o f .the E ^ f e e n t t - o n all
fides, and add fome TrWs, which I proved my felf, and
amongft the reft offer my ownSfiuhmenWl^ffi moftma,
tttia l Hy-^efesfjelating tO.'ih'is Topic are reduc d to
the one aftertingthat Vegetation is from .Earth, the other
■\TxtfUtff Cent r. Par. 411/ Wherehe averts, That toy
^ ou r iftm en t o f Vegeablos W a te r i^ 'i in,all, that the
i.Earth only keeps the Pbmt upright, « d ^ a r d s it from
. loo great Heat or Cold,; Others m this Hypojljefis. are
M o v e r s ; thefe back their A fferent :.ff.th. the two fob-
fequent Experiments, the firft,» ,that eonceping.
and feveral other Plants, which profper and thrive.greatlyin
Water; the other which you have inch
wri by Mr-fty*. is a s.fo llow s^ Take a certain qmntity
^of Earth; bake it in an Oven, then w»gh H
! “ududed it in an EartheuPot well, water d,imke choicemf
‘ iome fit Plant, as J B which being firft carefully
in « . there let it ^ i c o n t in n in g t o
H S ^iS-triiuch arranged in Bignpfs; then take it
M H | B the Bulk and W#ght of" the Plant be much
fgr/aterthan a ^ h r ^ p j^ e Earth will betound little or no- |
r tki„g d # ip i lb e i |iW e i^ may be-concluded
f that it is nottJi^Earyh,1 bui'^atefthaJt-Nouriflies,” and, i§
f converted ii^ t f j ? Subftance qf^thePlant. Thusjfar like;'
Dr- had th?
Dr. given!us a fqll^count of his S ritim e|||rni|yh °k Au-
he migte l i l k w i h a y e ;£M f||| that B H | 9 B
taok,PlantSj and then} i n l t h e ^ J ^ red as he re^f
cites .its ,buVli^jji$$ thc'S|edj>
whic®a,|gry.rg^ijhe ir due I # g n i f u |d # wa§
not diminilhed in W e ig h t ; th eT e^ p e rim e iit^ in d e ed con-
f i d # ^ th e m i n ^ j ^ f s o f th^S^ds, ^thff^ E M l f e l h th<?
l a r g e « # g r o t t o p e | f e ^ g | | and |e $
no d ^ a f e | ) f theREartl^'fm jg h tg .i^ th qT i pregnant
Reafomf^r, Jbut thele 1 fhaif e^^iri^ih
their^iacp" ' T o o th e r HypotEefis>is; that Ancients,
which Dr. Wood^/ct^d affert-s, -for the.co^firmafi(M|al which
the Dr.;haspffef ji th o fp jlow ^ ^ ^ e r^m ^ i^ j ^
< Comi^on^ ~Sp&qr;:Mfni. f.'was let, l^rijtig-Water, the
f Plant ^weighed when, put t in s >
^^Semtaken f o r t h g ^ f f f ? H f t
f oR^9 Day? ljthad ^ -,1% rwhqle
f Water expended^ 3w \ng the^7 >9»P Wl!u fP 5 *r‘
f and c o n f e q u p n t ^ F n S ^ t g c t ^ n
f4 7 p b asmucjh^the, Plant ha^ gpf|th >Weig%, ®pqijV
f 111011 Spear-Mint was fet in Rain-Water, the Mint. weighr
* ed when put in 18 Gr. I whe.n,talcen out Gr. 4,5- * ^tvr^g
| gained in 79* D a y sG r .^ t^ie Q$e?idwm, of. .|lie;WW
^ Gr, 3004.^ which wa^i’71 t1 ^as'W^flva^ the Plat^t h^d ye^
f eeiyediW.W^At. s j * i ^
f. ptit it| ;
ƒ when taken forjth Gr.. fpoS^t, WYOP Days., it, had
f gained ad Gr. the W^te-i upended amounted to Gr: 14.93
E d i s ‘ which