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Tat. That they, may „not be broken .iq the open fields, by the violence of the winds. Pup. Wùy are they thus pointed amd flexible, or waving? - Tut. The birds would otherwise sit upon them at their ease, and pick out the grain, and that too before it was ripe. up. How do the young plants endure the bleak weather ? Tut. They are richly surrounded with blades, like those of grass, which fall off in the warm weather, and then the plant seeds and flourishes. Pup. How is it with the grain ? Tut. The kernels of the grain are securely lodged in the strong husks, or chafi, that the sun, after the corn shoots out in the ear, may not scorch and shrivel it, or the rain and dew cause it to rot; and also that, in time of harvest, the grain may tot be shook out and lost, as the husbandman is bringing it into the granary. w Pup. How do the ears of corn grow, and how do they ripen 3 Tut. When the rain and dew have made them sweil, the enlivening sun dries them by degrees through the whole day. By these means they become fully ripe; and especially when, after reaping, they stand some time in the field. میچ Pup. And what is the produce ? Twt. We have rarely such abundance as to render it of little value; or such a scarcity, as to produce frequent famines, a demonstrative proof of a Divine Providence.” “When a failure does happen in one place, other countries are generally able to supply the deficiency:
