1 4 *The Caufes and Cure came to congratulate him upon his fafe Return, they went fo near as to lpeak to him, and take hold of him, before they per- ceived him to be dead, T O Blafis of this kind it undoubtedly is, that Fruit Trees and Plants do fo frequently fuller, efpecially after a warm early Spring, after the vegetable Juices have began to rife and ihoot into Buds and Leaves. Inftances of this Nature we frequently rind in our own Country ^ and I have had Opportunity to obferve, more than once, that upon fuch Blafis , the Trees have, on that Side towards the Wind, been iri one Night's Time quite changed in the Colour of the Leaves - and fbme, of. the mofi tender fort, almoit. ftripped bare, their Leaves falling off dry, as in ^4u* tumru m BUT there is fomething yet further, be- fides particular Constitutions of Air, that is taken Notice of by Fhyficians, as a general Caufe of Maladies of this kind ^ and that is what is commonly called Contagion, or Infecti- on •, by this Term Contagion, is understood a Diieaie arifmg from the LontacT: of fuch Bo- dies or Particles as have in- them a Power of Altering the due Crafis of a healthful Perfon,
