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a mind to draw the juyce of the Mulher fy4ree^ were worit 
to ftrike it skin-deep only^ and that about two hours after 
Sun-rife. This EKperiment is twice mentioo'd by him, 
and in both places as a ftrange Vhenomenon, We might 
make our Comment upon thofe places^ but for this rime 
are content only to tranlcribe the Texts, Lib, 1 6, cap, § 8> 
Mirumy hie {cortex) in Moro, Medicis fuccum qu^rentihus^ 
fere hora dieifecmday lapide incujjus manat ^ aitius ftaUus 
Jlccus videtur. Lib. 23. c. 7. Mora in Mgypto ^ (jprofii 
generis^ ut diximns^ largo fucco abundant^ Jummo cortice de- 
fquamato 5 altiore plagSjccantur^ mirabili naturk^ 
3. Febr. 15, 167^, Tor\. 
To continue our Experiments concerning the motion 
of the Sap in Trees 5 Febr* t ithj all was here tover*d with 
a white Froft betwixt 9 and ii in the moming* The 
weather changing I made the ExperiraentSj which follow, 
upon the Sycamore^ Walnut^ Mapk^ A twig cut afunder 
would bleed very freely from that part remaining to the 
Trqe 5 and^ for the part feparated^ it would be altogether 
dry and (hew no figns of moifture^although we held it fome 
prety time with the cut end downwards 5 But, if thisfepa- 
rated twig was never fo little tipp'd with a knife at the o* 
therendj it would forthwith fhew moifture at both ends. 
The fame day ^ late in the after-nooOj the weather very 
open and warm, aTwig cut off in like manner as in the 
ii(iorning5 would fhew no moifture at all from any part, 
Thefe Experiments we repeated very many times with 
confta^fe^andJike fuccefs on all the Trees above-mentio- 
ned. I enter'd this Experiment with thefe g)u£ries for the 
next opportunity* i. Whether a Twig, or the fmail pnrt 
of a Root cut afunder^ will not bleed fafterg upon the 
breaking up of a Froft, from the part remaining to the 
TreCj than from the part feparated 5 and whether the part 
feparated will bleed at all, and (hew no more fignes of moi= 
fture, than a Twig cut fromthe top of the Tree, unlels 
thatfmall Root be likewife cut off at the other end alfo ? 
2. Whether when it (hall happen^that a Sycamore QidM be 
found to bleed upon the letting in of a^^tF roft^ the top 
Xx 2 ' twiig^ 
