148 MicroGRAPHIA. 
at the wreathed part broken into two pieces,whereof theend ABis 
to be fuppos'd to have join'd tothe end CD, fothat E A CF doesrepre- 
fent the whole wreath’‘d part of the Beard, and/E'G a {mall piece of the 
upper part of the Beard which is beyond the knee, which as'l had nop 
room to infert, fo was it not very confiderable, either for its form,or any 
known property ; but the under or wreathed part is notable for both: 
Asto itsform, it appear'd, if it were look’d on fide-ways, almoft liked 
Willow; ‘ora {mall tapering rod of Hazel, the lower or bigger halfof 
whiclronely, is twifted round feveral times,in fome three, in others more, 
in others lefs, according to the bignefs and maturity of the Grain on 
which it grew, and according to the drinefs and moifture of the ambient 
Air, as I fhall fhew moreat large by and by. ; 
The whole outward Superficies of this Cylindrical body is — 
adorned ot Huted with little channels, andiinterjacent ridges, ori 
protuberances between them, which run the whole length of the Beard, 
and are ftreight where the Beard is not twifted,and wreath'd where itis, 
juft after the fame manner: eachiof thofe fides is befet ‘pretty thick with 
{mall Brifles or Thorns, fomewhat in form refembling that of Porcupines 
Quills, fuch as ¢ 2aaa in the Figure} all whofe points are directed like 
fo many Turtn-pikes towards the fmall end or top of the Beard, which ts 
the reafon; why, if you endeavour to draw the Beard between your finy 
gers the contrary way, you will find it to ftick, and grate, as:it were, 
The proportion of thefe {mall conical bodies 22aaa to that whereon 
they grow, the Figure will fufficiently fhew, as alfo their manner of grow- 
ing,their thicknefs, and neernefs to each other, as, that towards the root 
or of the Beard, they are more thin, and much fhorter,infomuch 
that there‘is ufnally left between the top of the one, and the bottom of 
that next above it, more then the length of one of them, and that to- 
wards the top of the Beard they grow more thick and clofe (though 
there be fewer ridges) fo that the root, and almoft half the upper are 
hid by the tops of thofenext below them. me 
I could not perceive any tranfverfé pores, unlefs the whole wreath 
part were feparated and cleft,in thofe little channels,by the wreathing it- 
to fo many little ftrings as there were ridges, which was very difficult to 
determines, but there were inthe wreathed part two very confpicuous 
channels or clefts, which were continued from the bottom F.to'the el- 
bow EH, or all along the part which was wreath'd, which feem‘dto di- 
vide the wreath‘d Cylinder into two parts,a bigger and a lefs; the bigget 
was that which was at the convex fide of the knee, namely, on thefide A; 
and was wreath'd by QOOOOs this, as it feem'd the broader, f 
did it alfo the longer, the other P PP P P, which was ufually purs dor 
wrinckled inthe bending of the knees about E, feem'd both the fhortet 
and narrower, fo that at firft I thought the wreathing and unwreathiog 
of the Beard might have been caus'd by the fhrinking or {welling of that 
ke a a farther examination,I found that the clefts, KK, L L,were 
up with a kind of Spongie fubftance, which, for the mott part, W29 
eid A sot 
