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Experiment XLIV. 
Augufi 9th, at 10 a . m. I fix’d in the fame 
manner (as in the foregoing Experiment) 
a ‘Duke-Cherry branch five feet high, and 
one inch diameter, but did not cut away 
any of the bark or wood at the great end ; 
I filled the tube with water, and then cut 
a (lice off the bark an inch long, 3 inches 
above the great end? it bled at the lower 
part moft freely, while the upper part con- 
tinued dry* 
The fame day I tried the fame Experi- 
ment on an Apple-branchy and it had the 
fame effect 
From thefe Experiments 'tis probable that 
the fap afeends between the bark and wood, 
as well as by other parts. 
And lince by other Experiments it is 
found that the greateft part of the fap is 
raifed by the warmth of the Sun on the 
leaves, which feem to be made broad and 
thin for that purpofe ; for the fame reafon, 
it’s moft probable, it fhould rife alfo in 
thofe parts which are moft expofed to the 
Sun, as the bark is. 
And when we confider, that the fap vef> 
&ljS are fo very fine as to reduce the fap ah 
moft 
