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great a man !—am doing the same, with my anasarca 
hanging upon me; but let me not alarm you. After 
being much weakened by the rough medicines ne- 
cessary to expel the foe, I am much better, but left 
very weak,—the effects of fox-glove, a medicine not 
to be depreciated, for I may praise its efficacy. I 
have much reason to be content, at the age of 73. 
Why should I repine? a painless invalid in posses- 
sion of my mental faculties! Every good wish at- 
tend you! May you live long a useful member of 
society, is the sincere wish of, 
Dear Sir, 
Your affectionate Friend, 
Tuomas PENNANT. 
Have you any friend who could give you an ac- 
count of the colours used in the Hindostan paint- 
ings, if any are chemical ? 
15. Flora Britannica.—The acquisition of the 
Linnean Herbarium soon discovered to the bota- 
nists of England, that many of our native plants had 
been mistaken, and that the nomenclature of our 
whole Flora stood in need of revision. Hence Sir 
James was led in 1794 to undertake a Latin Flora 
Britannica, which was completed in three volumes 
in 1804. This work the author dedicated to Sir 
Joseph Banks, Bart. 
It was reprinted word for word by Dr. Rémer at 
Zurich. “It is remarkable,” says the writer of Sir 
James’s obituary in the Philosophical Magazine, 
‘like all his other labours, for accuracy in observing, 
accuracy in recording, and unusual accuracy in print- 
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