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Fig. 2. A B exhibits fome of the fmall Veflels that make up the 
07)firm wood,cutc of clofe to the Bark longway s,likewife of m Afli 1 7 
ofone years growth j between the pipes of which ihefe Veflels are 
found; which have their rife out of the pith oi the plant or twig, 
and are, as I conceive , increafcd by more Veflels, either out of the 
great or fmall Veflels that go diretily upwards. Of thefe Veflels i S 
there lie 8. lo* or 1 2. together, crowded- in long-ways between the 
aforefaid pipes,as at C and D,in «he manner of a Weavers- fliuctle, 
lying in fome p«aces irregularly, ihe one CiOfe by the other, and in 
othe places fomewhat adored ifp rfed. 
Fig. 5. A B CD u (i9>xhe Bark of the Twig, which I have only r 9 
reprefented with bare lines, becaufe that now the plant is growing,Tab.] 
whereby the Bark is changed from what it is in Winter, And if 
one would give a pe tment and exaft delineation uhereof;> it would 
be requifi.e to< bA rve it a f rrnight toge her whilfl: u is growing* 
And this might likewife be done with the If W. 
A H H D E G F IS the Eighth pan ofthe W Wof an Afli twig.one 
year oldjcutt tranfverfly 5 wherein you may fee, that it is not 
made up wholly of firm or clofe parts,but partly too C^o) of great 2® 
Veflels, which yet differ much among themfelves in bignefs , and 
which are not at all, orfeldom, perfeftly round,ftandjngalfonear 
the pith in fome places irregular by one another ; and the reft of 
the Wood being an infinite number (2O of !ittle Veflels or pores. 2 1 
(25^ G H,are Veflels having their origin from the Pith, and termi- 2 2 
Dating in the circumference of the Woody part , I mean, when the 
Tree is not growing, C^s) Thefe Veflels may not always be feen, 2 5 « 
in a tranfverfe Cut,to have their rife out of G^and to end iu the cir- 
cumference H, becaufe that in the difleftion made with the kmfe 
you do not throughout keep juft the middle of the body that takes 
hold of thefe Veflels, from the place ofthe very beginning of them, 
but in one p!ace,as about Cin Fig* 2, you will cut through with its 
fliarp point,and in anof her place the fame will pafs \\ ith its middle, 
as at D, where it is thickcft ; and f > it comes to pafs, hat your ey^ 
fees thefe Veflels to have their beginning out oi G,and run between 
Gaod H into nothing,and again,that the fame do feem to have their 
beginning in the middle, and become flill broader and broader,un- 
till they end m H. 
1. 1. Are (24) rhe very fmall Veflels that are counted to be the 24 
grm Woodland ^vhich require indeed ro be m )re curiouflv dtfign- 
cd s but to exprefs them in (heir natural perftfti'^n and « rder , juft 
as they lye bv one another , in my opinion, can never be done 
by the hand of Man. Qcj q q E K 
