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way fo appropriated, but is a little more cor- 

 pufcular, is formed into wood branches— 

 And the yet more infpiffated parts, and 

 thereby the flower to afcend, do adhere to 

 the outer coats of the body, main arms, and 

 roots — And in mofl: trees become aggluti- 

 nated thereto in the form and fhape, of a 

 folid ring of wood. 



Building on which foundation, and 

 having alfo colled:ed fome further materials 

 of obfervation, out of Sir Kenelm Digiy's 

 treatife of Bodies ^ I continued to trace, 

 tho* with a fnail's motion, the natural caufes 

 of the efFefe alluded to, on hough-lopphig. 

 And firft what required not the leafl: inge- 

 nuity to difcover, but only the chance of 

 fo eafy a way of canvafling the cafe, was, 

 the refledlion every way fo very obvious ; 



That on a precipitate amputation of the 



branches of an Oak, the accuftomed cur- 

 rent of the afcending fap is unexpectedly (if 

 I may fo call it) to the tree, ftopt, and 

 in a very abrupt manner in fuch parts — And 

 the fame being got pretty high therein, to 

 ferve the occafions of the wonted call for 

 it, and likewife on it's obftrudion, being 

 unable to return to the roots again by reafon 



of 



