CHAP. 102. (99.)—THE POWER OF THE MOON OVER THE LAND AND THE SEA.
Hence we may certainly conjecture, that the moon is not unjustly regarded as the star of our life[630]. This it is that replenishes the earth[631]; when she approaches it, she fills all bodies, while, when she recedes, she empties them. From this cause it is that shell-fish grow with her increase[632], and that those animals which are without blood more particularly experience her influence; also, that the blood of man is increased or diminished in proportion to the quantity of her light; also that the leaves and vegetables generally, as I shall describe in the proper place[633], feel her influence, her power penetrating all things.