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A D and B C fhow the ceafing of the growth in the years 
end. 
The fmili Rifing vefsels which lye together between 
the great vefsels, are in this wood fmaller then inOak> 
and therewithal each Pipe confifts of a thicker Fiim, then 
the Pi pes of the Oak do. 
A B and C Dfliew the Horizontal vefsels at full lengthl 
Fig. 7 F F F F lliew the Horizontal Veffels cut a-crofs 5 
thofe of them which lye but few together 3 I conceive to 
be Veffels lately proceeding out of the rifeing Veffels : 
whereas on the contrary the other Veffels which lye nfia- 
ny together , have fubfifted many years^ and are as ma- 
ny in number as they ever will be. G G G G. jDhew the 
finall rifeing Veffels at length, 
HH Shews one of the greatriftingVeffels in length , 
cut crofs in the midft ; yet when weobferve the famemore 
exa£Hy we fee that they confift of very thin Films^ befec 
with Helical Threds, exhibidng obfcure fpots upon the 
hoops or bows as Fig 5. 
Among thefe Trees there are feveral which upon tap- 
ping y ield a Sap. This Sap I have feveral times ^ and fe- 
veral years obferved, and taken notice in it oftdivers fmali 
Animals, which I could not imagine fliould have come out 
of the Wood, but rather that they might have come from 
rain-water or Dew. 
Figure 8. ABC D. is a piece of Beech (as big as 
Fig. F to the naked Eye) the thicknefsof one years growth, 
wherein one may plainly fee at A D orj'B C the beginning 
and end of the years growth. In this Wood there are re^ 
reprefented two forts of rifeing vefsels. vi^. greater and 
fmaller ; and I imagine that there are alfo two forts of Ho- 
rizontal Vefsels. which are very fmall.- one of which viij 
E E E lye$ bu£ i, , y or more* together, as Fig. 9. which 
fliows thofe Vellels cut through and marked by H 
