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pearince is fmooth and fhineing ; the for the moft part 'tis 
made of extream fmall vefsels, and of feme greater ^ wbich 
I have reprefented as near as poffible. 
G G G G Are the Fejfels of which the innermoft parts 
of the Straw are made \ thefe vefsels are 4^ 5, and 6» fided 
according as they come to fit themftlves. 
H H H Are vefsels which run in between the forementi- 
oned vefsels -and are befet round with fmall vefsels. tn 
ihefe vefsels I have feen the fap fink dovi^n fucldenly at the 
time ofthe growing of the Straw, when at the fame time 
I faw the Sap rife up in the vefi'els G G, which Sap was 
made moft of Globules and when the Globules came to 
pafs the valves where the vefsels werenarroweft^; thefe 
Globules then changed into the form of Cones 5 tiihhey 
obtained a larger Room, and then they retook their former 
Globoufnefs 
Fig. 20. are the rifeing veffel& defcribed in their lengthy 
being the fame with thefe reprefented fig. 19- G G, 
111 I. Are the places where thefe Valvts are, and where 
the vefTels are narroweft. 
J have in mine of the 25 of >^J&n7 mentioned the great 
number of fmall creatures in the Melt of a C^?^ or Pikf- I 
have profecuted my fpeculation , and obferved the Melt cf 
Z Perch > alfb of SiBreem zndz Vooren ^ as alfb of aT^^^r/j, 
at the time when they caft their Seed : and have feen in 
the fajne an incredible number of fmall Animals^ as iraen- 
lionedin my forjnen But becanfe the forementioBed filli- 
ps do not fhoot their Seed at onc€ 5 I have not been able to 
compare them together that I might if poffible have difco- 
Tered whether there were any difference in their fhape or 
{)ignefs: but fb. far as I could remember , I conceive there 
Was no difterence. And ifany perfons are inclined to make 
the fame obfervations > they mufl be fure to take the time 
when the faid fiihes fhoot their Seed: for at tliat time the 
Melt, which is ready to come outj is thin and watery ; and 
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