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But *tis befides my furpofs to gfoe a far- 

 cular Account of them here. 



(F, G.) Thefe Two Vials were fill'd, the former 

 (F) with fy»w, the other with Sping-vgater^ at 

 the fame time as thofe above-mention'd were ; 

 and flood as long as they did. But they 

 had neither of them any Plant ; my Defign 

 in thefe being only to inform my felf, whether 

 any Water exhaled out of the Glaffes, other- 

 wife than thorow the Bodies of the Plants. The 

 Orifices of thefe two Glaffes were cover'd with 

 Parchment ; each piece of it being perforated 

 with an hole of the fame bigneft with thefe of 

 the Vials above. In this 1 fufpended a bit of 

 Stick, about the thicknefs of the Stem of one 

 of the aforefaid Plants, but not reaching down 

 to the Surface of the included Water. I put 

 them in thus, that the Water in thefe might 

 not have more Scope to evaporate than that 

 in the other Vials. Thus they ftood the whole 

 77 Days in the fame Window with the reft ; 

 when, upon Examination, I found none of 

 the Water in thefe wafted or gone off. Tho' 

 I obferved both in thefe, and the reft, e- 

 fpecially after hot Weather, fmall Drops of 

 Water, not unlike Dew, adhering to the In- 

 fides of the Glaffes, that Part of them, I mean, 

 that was above the Surface of the enclofed 

 Water. 



The Water in thefe two Glaffes that had no 

 Plants in them, at the end of the Experiment, 

 exhibited a larger Quantity of Terreftrial Mat- 

 ter than that in any of thofe that had the 

 Plants in them did. The: Sediment at the 

 bottom of the Vials was greater - and the 

 * 3 NubecuU 



