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are in their natural ftate growing to the 
trees. 
Aiigufi 2d I cemented faft the gage riz 
( Fig. 14 ) to the pliant branch of a dwarf 
Golden Tippin tree, the fame from which I 
cut the branch in Experiment 26 : As the 
tranfverfe cut i imbibed the water, the mer- 
cury rofe 5 inches obliquely in the tube 
and 4 inches perpendicular. 
In this, as alfo in many of the preced- 
ing Experiments there were feveral wounds, 
in that part of the branch which was with- 
in the large tube r i 5 which were made by 
cutting off little lateral twigs, and fwelling 
eyes, that the branch might eafily enter the 
tube : And if thefe wounds (rhro' which the 
air always iffued plentifully) were well co- 
vered with fheeps-gut, bound over with pack- 
thread, it would in a good meafure prevent 
the inconvenience : But I always found that 
my Experiments of this kind fuccceded bed, 
when that part of the branch which was to 
enter the tube r /, was clear of all knots 
or wounds 5 for when there were no knors, 
the liquor paffed moft freely, and lefs air 
idued out. 
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