E K F Is the P//^ of the twig, which likewife cannot be imira- 
25, red by art, forafinuch as it confifts of Veficies or bladders 
that have 6. 7 or ^ fides, and lye moft curioufly with their fides to 
Z6, one anoihenin fume of which bladders 1 have feen fmalK^^.'darkini 
globulsj and if I had not in fome other Wood more plainly dif- 
covered tbefe globuis,it would have been iropoffiblefor me to have 
27+ obferv'd them in this Pith by reafon of their C^?; extraordinary 
fmainefs. 
I beg your favour, Sir,to communicate this to Dr. Grerp^ with 
my fti vice to him , and to inquire of him, whether he hath feen as 
wen as whether the great Veffels or pores , that areexpreftby 
him in his figures, do not confift of globuls, as in Fig. i. A B ; as alfo 
that in the fame do lye oblique membranes or films,by me call'd val- 
ves, as CC* DD^again, whether the particles of the Wood, which 
encompafs the great Veflels, be not all of them very fiiiall Veflels or 
pores 5 lafiiy^whether the flrokes,which in are denoted by 
G H.com'ing out of the pith,and running horizontally to the circum- 
ference, do not alfo all of them confift of VefTels or pores; as thefe 
Tab.2. a!fo, which in Ffg. 2. are cue off along the Wood , and run through 
the fa id VefTels, as C D? An anfwef to which particulars 1 ftould 
be very glad to receive from the faid Doflor. 
I have now fome French Wine of the growth of the year paft, 
which hath a very delicate tafl:. The VefTel, wherein this Wine is, 
was very good and fweet when the Wine was put in , and a coarfe 
llnnen Cloath dipt in melted Brimftone and kindled had been hung 
over the Veffei before it was filled. In this Wine I have divers 
times obferved fmall living Creatures, fliaped like littleEels, as ap# 
Tab,2. pears In Fig, 4, A B, having on their forehead a round convexity 
like a crefcent, without having any thing elfe, that I could fee, on 
the forepart of their body, and that part looked no otherwift than 
cry ftal, but towards its middle it was made up of nothing but glo- 
buls, which I could very plainly difcern ; and the hinderpart of 
the body of thefe little Animals appeared as clear and tranfparcnt 
as the fore-part, and runningtoaveryfliarptayl. Thefe creatures 
] have kept in my Study for a whole month fwimming in Wine. And 
though they move ftrongly, yet they make but little way, whereof 
the caufemay be, that they are quite dcftitute of leggs. 
Some Notes on the foregoing Letter. 
7hefe Obfervations , as to the texture of Plants , although they 
{andvery many mre^ have heen already made and pMiJhed by Dr. 
Grew, and by Sign. Malpighi'^/f^ becaufe that (for themofipartjtbey 
may 
