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402} ANNUAL REGISTER, 1796. 
that the removal of a foot into a 
cold part of (Me bed, after the body 
has become warm in bed, shall bring 
On acw'e pain in the bowels; and 
yet no pain is produced in getting 
into bed, though the temperature 
be the same, and perhaps lower, 
than that.of the part into which 
the foot is removed ; and, prebubly, 
total immersion into cold wate 
would not produce any pain in the 
bowels. ‘Lhe iaws of such phe- 
nomena, however deserving of in- 
vestigation, have, as yet, scarceiy 
been an object of attention with pa- 
thologists. It is probable that ihe 
phenomena, in any given case, are 
regulated by two circumstances : 
first, by the excess of heat (or the 
strength of the stimulus, whatever 
it be), to which the greater part 
of the. body is exposed, above that 
to which the smaller is exposed. 
The.second circumstance is the dif. 
ference between tlie extent of the 
heated. and cooled surfaces. When 
the latter is not extremely mi- 
nute, and yet confined within: mo- 
derate limits, the inflammatory 
effects seem to be considerable. 
Shou'd. the. circumstances be re- 
versed, and a stream~of air, so 
warm.as to convey heat to the 
body, instead of carrying it away; 
play upon a small part of its sur- 
face, the rest being exposed to a 
moderate or a. low temperature, it 
is probable the result would be the 
same as when moderate: cold suc. 
ceeds to. warmth, 7. ce. no bad effedt 
would follow. 
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Account of the Manner of treating 
Bees ix Phrtygal, From Murphy's 
Trawels in that Conntry. 
{TO form a colony of bees, a spot 
of ground is chosen for the hives, 
exposed towards the south or souths 
east, well sheltered from the nor- 
thern biasts, and surrounded with 
shrubs and flowers; of the latter, 
the best is rosemary, The richer 
J +4 Lt 3 o « Toy in 
the neighbouring grounds are the 
better, tor bees are said to range for 
food to the distance of a league from 
their homes. ‘The situation being 
chosen, Janes must be cut through 
the shrubby thickets of five or six 
feet wide. The fences between the 
lanes should be about the same di- 
mensions, and formed at intervals | 
into small recesses, like bowers or 
niches, to receive the hives. 
The figures of the hives. used 
here in general are cylindrical ; in 
height about twenty-seven isches 
by fourteen diameter. They are 
formed of the rind of the cork-tree, 
and covered with a pan of earthen. 
ware inverted, the edge of which 
projects over the hive like a cor- 
nice. ‘The whole is fastened with 
pegs made of some hard and dur 
adie wood, and, the joints stopped 
with peat. In the front of the 
cylinder, at the height of about 
eight inches, there is a small aper- 
turé where the bees enter. Lhe 
inside is divided into three equal 
divisions, which are separated by 
cross sticks: here the bees form 
their combs or cells.., 
When the bees swarm, which is 
usually in the month of May. or 
Jone, the hives are placed to receive 
iwem where they light. If they 
descend on a tree, they are shaken 
off; the person who performs: this 
operation must not be afraid of 
them: as they do not commonly 
sting unless they are irritated; it 
will be safer, however, to cover the 
head with a wire-mask, and the 
hands with gloves. a 
Some bees are so wild, that they 
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