p^e get able Staikks. 9 1 



arc iii their natural ftatc growing to the 

 trees. 



Augufi 2d I cemented faft the gage r iz> 

 ( Fig. 14 ) to the pliant branch b, of a dwarf 

 Golden Tipfm-tree, the fame from which I 

 cut the branch in Experiment 26 : As the 

 tranfverfe cut i imbibed the water, the mer- 

 cury rofe 5 inches obliquely in the tube z 7 

 and 4 inches perpendicular. 



In this, as alfo in many of the preced- 

 ing Experiments there were feveral wounds, 

 in that part of the branch which was with- 

 in the large tube r i 5 which were made by 

 cutting off little lateral twigs, and fwelling 

 eyes, that the branch might eafily enter the 

 tube : And if thefe wounds ( thro' which the 

 air always iffued plentifully) were well co- 

 vered with ftieeps-gut, bound over with pack- 

 thread, it would in a good meafure prevent 

 the inconvenience : But I always found that 

 my Experiments of this kindfucceeded beft, 

 when that part of the branch which was to 

 enter the tube r i> was clear of all knots 

 or wounds 5 for when there were no knots, 

 the liquor paffed moft freely, and lefs air 

 iffued out, 



The 



