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which 3 as in courfe Trenchers 

 made ofBeech^ and Tables of Oak, 

 there are many parts which have a 

 greater finoothnefs than the reft 3 

 and are lb many inferted pieces of 

 the Cortical Body 5 which by rea- 

 Ibii of thofe of the Lig^iot^^ fccm 

 to be difcontinuouSj although in 

 the Trunks they are extended 

 throughout its Breadth. 



Thele Infertions^ although as is 

 faid^ of a quite diftincl fubftance 

 from the Lignous Body^ and fb no 

 where truly incorporated with it^ 

 yet being they are in all parts^ the 

 one as the Warp^ the other as the 

 Woof) mutually braced and inter- 

 woven together^ they thus confti- 

 tute one ftrong and firmly coherent 

 Body. 



As the Pores are greater or lefs^ 

 fb are the Infertions alfo : To the 

 bare eye ufually the greater only 

 are difcernable: But through an 

 indifferent Microfcop there are 



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