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* him alfo to obfcrve how that a fmall piece of Leaf wa^? 
feparated by me after fuch a manner, that the Ends or 
Points of thofe fharp Particles (tretcht themfelves beyond 
the Canals, as is here reprefented in N and O. 
Thefe Sharp Particles lay within a fmall compafs, like 
little Bundles, as is (hown in the figure, but they don t 
all lye in fuch order, nor always fo clofe to each other, 
but at a greater diftance in feveral places, and fometimes 
indeed clofer too : Now you muft take notice that Fig. 5. 
I K L M, as it appears to the naked Eye, did not cover 
more Space than a large Grain of Sand 5 from whence 
wc may guefs what an infinite number of (uoh Sharp 
Particles are included in one Leaf of Aloes ^ in this 
Figure, or in each of thefe Particles, are a great many 
parts to be feen which feem to be Canals 3 and I fuppofe 
moreover, that each Circle, or the Membranes thereof, 
in which the Sap, and othet Parts are (hut up, are alfo 
full Canals. 
Next, we proceed to the Veflels or Canals, which lye 
fomething deeper in the Leaf, and of which I have 
made fome mention before 5 thefe alfo I fet before the 
Painter, who has delineated them as in the following 
Figure. 
Fig. 4. A B C D E F G H I reprefents one of the inward 
lying Veflels or Canals, w^hich is in a manner furroanded 
and involved in a fort of Matter, which one would take 
to be a Vifcons or Slimy Matter, and which, as well as I 
was able, I endeavour'd to feparate from it 3 from thefe 
Veffels or Canals in four diftinft places (and all in a very 
little fpace) there proceeded kind of Branches, as two 
between DEFG, and two between HI, which run 
crofs from the Leaf. 
Thefe Twigs or Branches unite themfelves again in 
one Vein or Canal that lies jaft by em, which is not 
near fo great as the firft mention d Canal, and this Union 
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