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authority who might be classed with them. You 
see that Pliny refers to multitudes who wrote before 
him. Every one will be aware that there are many 
who have touched upon the plants of Greece, though 
they are not commonly mentioned. Their memory 
is almost defaced, as Horace observes, Quza carent 
vate sacro. 
Your title, as you send it now, will stand very 
well: only I would suggest, that perhaps znvenit 
would be better than éxvenerat—“‘which he found,” 
not “had found.” Perhaps you wrote znvenerat for 
énvenerit*, which possibly may be best of all, as it 
implies something indefinite, “which he found occa- 
sionally.” | 
In the title of Prodromus the word “ omnium” 
seems necessary: for the Vora Greca contains Sib- 
thorp’s thousand plants, which he wished to be en- 
graved, &c.; the Prodromus gives an account of all 
which he found in his course of travel— Flora Greca 
Sibthorpiana cannot be improper. 
I wish you were settled at or near London again. 
Yours ever, 
S. GooDENOUGH. 
J. E. Smith to the Rev. Dr. Goodenough. 
My dear Sir, Lowestoft, Sept. 2, 1806. 
My long stay in London this year made me so 
far behindhand with my periodical publications, 
that I have been occupied with them ever since my 
* Invenerit is the word used in the title-page. 
