LIFE OF SIR HANS SLOANE. 3 



tures on Chemistry, Anatomy, and Physic. After four years of severe 

 application in London, for his farther improvement he determined to 

 visit the Continent, and in company with two fellow-students crossed 

 over to Dieppe, and from there to Paris, where he attended the bo- 

 tanical lectures of the celebrated Tournefort, and those of Du Yerney 

 for Anatomy; at the conclusion of which he visited Montpelier, taking 

 with him letters of recommendation from Tournefort to Monsieur Chi- 

 rac, then chancellor and professor of the University; by which means 

 he obtained introductions to all the learned in that neighbourhood. 

 Being delighted with the attention he received from Monsieur Magnol,* 

 the professor of Botany, whose herborizing excursions in the neighbour- 

 hood he always attended, he parted from his two companions, who 

 continued their travels in Italy, while he remained for a twelvemonth 

 collecting plants ; and then, pursuing the same occupation as he trav- 

 elled through Languedoc, he returned to Paris by way of Toulouse and 

 Bordeaux. After a short residence in the metropolis, he set out for 

 England in the latter end of 1634 with an intent to settle, and follow 

 his profession, having taken his degree of M. D. at Montpelier. 



Soon after his return to London, he became acquainted with the 

 celebrated Dr. Sydenham, in whose family he became domesticated, 

 and was by him introduced to professional practice. On the 26th 

 November, 1684, he was proposed by Dr. Martin Lister as a candidate 

 for the Royal Society, of which he was elected a member on the 21st 

 of January following. From this time he became a regular attendant 

 on and frequent contributor to the Society. On the 12th of April, 

 1681, he was chosen a Fellow of the College of Physicians. 



Flattering as were his prospects at home at this period, he did 

 not hesitate to accept an appointment abroad, which promised to afford 

 him the means of enlarging his knowledge of Natural History and 

 Medicine. 



The Duke of Albemarle having been appointed governor of Ja- 

 maica, applied to his physician, Dr. Barwick, to recommend him a 

 proper person to accompany him to the colony in a professional ca- 

 pacity, who consulted Sloane on the occasion. This appeared to the 

 latter too tempting an opportunity for self-improvement to neglect, and, 



* The Cucumber Tree, Umbrella Tree, &c, were named, in honour of him, " Mag- 

 nolia accuminata," " M. Umbrella," "M. glanca," " M. grandiflora," <fcc. 



