Mr. Webster's experiments respecting dew, 103 
were rendered condensers ; the lower leaves, being covered from the 
air, and near the warm earth, might not be rendered cool enough for 
that purpose. 
After all, I would not speak with much confidence on these sub- 
jects, nor suppose that I have offered satisfactory solutions of the sev- 
eral phenomena. So far as J have stated facts, I trust my labors will 
not be wholly useless. : 
