Through whichj in that they are 

 finally and fo their fides ahnoft 

 contiguous^ the Sap as faft asprei^ 

 fed into them will eafily run up 5 as 

 betwixt the two halves of a Stick 

 firft flit 3 and then tied fbmewhat 

 loofely together, may alio any Li- 

 quor be obferved to do. And the 

 fides of the faid Pores being not 

 finooth, but by the intrufion of 

 the Imalleft infertions made fbme- 

 what rough 5 by that means the 

 higher and more facile afcent of 

 the ^^p therein will farther be pro-' 

 m-oted. By all which Advantages 

 the facility and ftrength of that af- 

 cent will be continued higher in 

 the faid Pores than in the Pith. 

 Yet fince this alfb^ as well as that in 

 the Pith will have its term^ the Sap^ 

 although got thus far^ w^ould yet 

 at laft be ftagnant^ or at leaft its 

 afcent be very (paring ^ flow and 

 feeblcg if not fbme way or other 

 re-inforced. Wherefore, as the 

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