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juftcntring, who had not got quite through the Bark, 
others had made foiiie progrefs between the Tree and 
the Bark, which appeared as a Channel. I defpaired of 
recovering the Tree howevert> my Servants being Wa- 
tering others, Icaufed them to beftow about two Hog- 
flieads on this Tree, with ftirring the Earth about the 
Roots, and laying fome half rotten Litter thereon, to 
defend it from the fcorching flays of the Sun : Upon this 
the Tree in Tome manner recovered its Verdure again 
that year, and the next year made very good Shoots, and 
fo continued until this year. 
But this being a very dry Summer, I difcern'd divers 
of my Trees in the beginning of Ai^gnji to look fick, and 
particularly the Tree formerly mentioned , I made the 
fame tryal on them all, antl found the Bark (ticking clofe 
to the Tree;, with but httle mpiflure between, and vaft 
numbers of thofe little Flye^, who had pierced the Birk 
in multitudes of places, I ordered the Earth about the 
Roots to be loofened as formerly, and about two Hog- 
ftieads of Water to be poured on each, and viewing 
them the next morning, I found the oiitfide of the Tree 
almoft covered with Bees and Wafps, and great black 
Flyes, fuch as they ufutilly call Flefh»flyes 5 vviio were all 
bufie in fucking the Juice or Sap, which plentifully run 4: 
out at every hole, • that the little Flyes formerly mcnti- J 
one'd had made in the Bark, and which was very Glu- ^ 
tinous, and fweet' as Honey, I again examined the 
Bsrk, and fcund it very moi(\ between it and the Wood, 
and ail thofe little Flyes either gone, or drown'd'in their I 
new habitation, by the fudden rife of the Sap 5 this Tree 1 
recovered. 
Upon Examination of feveral Trees , which looked 
ficker than the refl,. I found almoft all greennefs had left 
the Bark, and there remained no moifture between: it 
and the Wood ^ but the Bark fluck fo clofe to the Wood 
it was hardly to be parted : And throughout the whole 
