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l^artly corrupted or peri{hed,and when I cracked thofcbrif* 
fie Particles between my Teeth, I could perceive no tafte 
of Cinnamon in theni, fo that I was forced to pare away 
two third parts ot the outfide of the Bark before i could 
come to the ftrong and true Tafte of the Cinnamon. 
I have moreover enc[air*d into that part of the Esrk that 
lyes next, and is asTt were join'd to the Wood, rind in 
cutting it to pieces have fatisfy^dmy felf more^han before, 
chat the Cinnamon, otherwife call'd the Bark, receives 
both its Nourifhment and Increafc alone from the Wood, 
and not from the Root 5 for when I divided this Bark in- 
to fmall parts, I could difcover no Afcending Veffels in it^ 
but on the contrary, [fo many Horizontal Veflels coming 
out of the Wood) and thofe t6o fo large, that I don't 
know that ever I have difcover'd fo many Veffels in the 
Barks of any other Trees. 
Fig. 6. L M N O P Q.R S, reprefcnts a very fmall Par- 
ticle of the Bark of a Cinnamon Tree, in which the Hori- 
zontal Veflels lye by one another in fuch Order, as is here 
rcprefented between L M N RS, or between NOQR, in 
virhich they are all cut acrols. 
Many of thefe Horizontal Veflels are ftopp d or fill'd 
with an inclos'd reddifh Matter, which in fome Veflels is not 
fo high coloured as in others, fome of them being almoft 
yellow. 
You may obferve the. Painter has reprefented thefe Ho- 
rizontal Veflels in a manner Hexangular, as they Indeed 
appeared to him, which is alfo the moft perfeft Figure that 
Nature could beftow on 'em, in order to prevent any In- 
terjiitiay or Vacuities among them. 
We alfo fee that about the faid Horizontal Veflels there 
lye longifli Parts, that run into a Point at both ends, 
which Parts defcribed by L M N lye together, knd fome of 
them are bigger than the others 5 we may obferve alfo how 
the faid Parts do furroundthe Horizontal Veflels. 
We 
