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The Grafshoppers hereabout are fmalJ and few^ a- 
bouc the length of the Nail of ones band ; poffibly in your 
Country theyi'are more and greater. 
We are very fliy here of cutting open bodies, even of 
thofe that are dead in the Hofpital ; fothati have no op- 
portunity of knowing whether the Chalky matter be in the 
Veins or no. 
i fendyoaherewithfome Obfervations of Wood* Fig^ 
21. A B C D fhews a piece of Oak, which obferved m 
a Microfcope was thus drawn from a piece of Wood as big 
asH. 
F F* F F where the brown ftroaks appear^ are the 
Separations of the growth of one year- For when the 
growthdoth flop, the Wood becomes firra^ and thick^ and 
'is fupplied with many fmall VeffelSj fuch as are hardly 
to be diftinguiftied, and therefore appear as brown Rays 
or ftreaks. between the faid F F. F F is comprehended 
that thicknefs of Wood which has been added to the Cir- 
cumference of a Tree by a years growth. The Wood 
hath five c forts of Vt&\Syvi^, Three forts going upwards, 
two lying Horizontally. E E E denote large afcending 
Veffels made every year in the Wood in the Spring, when 
it begins to grow. Thefe are filled within with fmall 
Bladders, which have very thin Skins^ here expreffed in 
oneof thegreater VefTels^ cut long ways in the third Fi- 
gure by I K L M.] 
The fecond fort of rifing VefTels are much fmallen which 
alfo are made of very thin Skins, and are alfo fpeck't with 
parts which by a common Microfcope appear like Globu- 
leS3asFig.4. ON where one of the faid Veffels is cut long- 
ways. 
c See a Vlgme of the fame wood with all the fame five parts^ h Vr, Gtevi's Amat. 
of Plants begun. And the Vartit ions of the Great Hori-^ontfil FartS) hereafter merk\ 
t'mUr fee h his Am* ofKoots^ T^b.j. 
Dd z The 
