MINUTES 



SEPT. 



130, But the fpring fhoot being compleatcd ; every 



twig and every leaf having received its limited 

 fize ; and the ftream ftill continuing to flow; 

 a fecond furcharge naturally takes place ; 

 and the bark becomes, a fecond time, feparated 

 from the tree. 



The flream ftill flowing, the fecond valve is 

 opened ; and a fecond, called the Midfummtr 

 Jbcot, rreceiTarily follows. 



The autumn proving fine, and the current 

 of fap ftill continuing to rife, the fecond fhoot 

 arrives at maturity, and a tbird ovtrfloiv of fap 

 takes place ; the third valve is burfl open, and a 

 third or Michaelmas fhoot is the confequence. 



But winter fetting in, the fupply of fap is 

 ftopt ; and that which has already been raifed, 

 being fpent on the younger moots, carried off 

 by perfpiration, or having fallen back again to 

 the root, the bark clofes upon the wood, and 

 the tree returns again to its winter ftate, 



SEPTEMBER 21. Hog-cifterns> in this coun- 

 try, are principally built with bricks and terrace. 

 But tills is expenfive : yet a hog-ciftern is 

 among the firft conveniences of a farm-houfe. 

 Wooden vcffels are incommodious, and leaden 

 ones dangerous. 



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