Chap. 5. concerning Wa T E r^ &c. 123 



the Cataputia foregoing: But 'tis befidc 

 my Purpofe to give a particular Account 

 oi them here. 



F,G. Thefe tvco Vials were filled, the former 

 (F) with Rain^ the other with Sprijig-water, 

 at the fame time as thofe above-mentioned 

 were, and flood as long as they did. But 

 they had neither of them any Plant 5 my De- 

 fign in thefe being only to inform myfelf 

 whether any Water exhaled om of the Glajfes 

 otherwife than thro^ the Bodies of the Plants. 

 The Orifices of thefe two GlaiTes were cover 'd 

 with Parchment^ each piece of it being per- 

 forated with an Hole of the fame Bignefs with 

 thofe of the Vials above. In this I fufpended 

 a bit of Stick about the Thicknefs of the 

 Stem of one of the aforefaid Plants^ but not 

 reaching down to the Surface of the inclu-- 

 ded Water. I put them in thus, that the 

 Water in thefe might not have more Scope to 

 evaporate than that in the other Vials. Thus 

 they flood the whole 77 Days in the fame 

 Window with the refl 5 when, upon Exami- 

 nation, I found 72^72^ of the Water in thefe 

 wajied ox gone off^ tho* I obferv'd both in 

 thefe and the reft^ efpecially after hot Wea- 

 ther^ fmall Drops oi Water^ not unlike D^w;, 

 adhering to the Infides of the Glajfes^ that 

 part of them I mean that was above the Sur- 

 face of the enclofed Water. 



The Water in thefe two Glaffes that had no 

 flants in them, at the end of the Experiment 



exhibited 



