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and flower, in proportion as the Veflels grew 
more and more contraded by the ftiptic Qua- 
lity of the Decoftion, fo that the i^th Pot 
was 214'^ in pafllng. 
3. Then I poured in fucceflively eleven 
Ppts of Water of the fame Heat with the De- 
Godion, the fir ft of which Pots was 198'" in 
paffing, and the fucceeding ones pafTed fooner 
and fooner in proportion as they waflied off* 
the Dccodion, and thereby relaxed the Coats 
of the capillary Veflels, till the eighth Pot 
which pafled in after which the three 
following Pots of Water pafled oft' in the fame 
time, the Veflels relaxing no farther. It was 
not to be expeded that the Water fliould fo 
far relax them as to pafs off in 61' of time, 
which the abovementioncd fourth Pot of Wa- 
ter did in this Experiment; for I always found 
that by a long Continuance to pour in Water, 
the Veflels did gradually let Icfs and lefs pafs ; 
the capillary Veflels being compreifed by the 
Vv^ater that infinuated into all Parts of the 
Coats of the Guts, fo as to make them much 
thicker than they were at firft ; now the Con- 
ftridion which is thus occafioned can only be 
inlargcd by the Affufion of much hotter Wa- 
ter, as was done in the foregoing Experiment ; 
whereas 
