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Terre. Filius. z9 TERR,-FILIU$. N o XXXV'I. , ?... lionos erit louie {uo?lue P o1?o. Virg. ? 0 Wr. E D 6 E has been repret?nted', by many profound adepts in l-1ierogly- pbicks, under the figure of a bearing various kinds of fruit, (which, I fup?o? was firff eaken from the fa- mousTu?e of the K?OWLI?DO� ofgood and evil. in the garden of g D g, i) and I remember, wheri I was an idle ?chool-bo�, that infteud of minding. my left'on, I was wonderfully delighted with ga- zing upon th, at learned tree, fo accurately delineated in my ir.//y, grammar, with feveral little boy? abo?t it, rome climbing up, others fitting up,on the boughs? and others ftanding upon the groui.cl, with their hats up to catch the- a?plts from thole' above. Thi? philofop?hica! apfle. tree (which i? certainly the choiccft fruit-tree in the world) is naturally of. �more fouthreu extraSion, and would not be re concil'd to our cold northreu climate, �o as thriv? or come to any tolerabl? pcrfec'l'ion, till of late ?ears? I thiak ! may fix its ara in c ? .:?.?.,