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His practice was extensive, and it was chiefly as a recreation from 
his severer duties that he pursued the study of Antiquities and 
Natural History. He was aman ofan active, investigating mind ; 
he had before him a field hitherto altogether unexplored, and i it 
his profession, as well as in these pursuits, he rose to eminence. 
In the latter part of his life he was knighted, and appointed Phy- 
sician in Ordinary to King Charles Il. He died in 1712. His 
Writings are numerous, as appears by the following list of his 
works: » 
Disputatio Medica de variis Tabis speceibus, Lugduni incor: 1661. 4to, 
Nancius Scoto Bri tannus; Edin. 1683 
An Account of the Scottish Atlas; Edin. 1683. Folio 
Seotia Illustrata, sive Prodromus Histories Naturalis, &e. Edin. 1684. Folio. 
Again. 1696. Folio. 
Pilsncogi Nova, &c.; Edin. 1692. 4to.; reprinted at the instigation of Pen- 
773. 
i aap anent the Xiphias, or Sword Fish, exposed at Edinburgh. 
An Essa ay concerning the Thule of the Ancients; Edicburgh, 1693. 
Camden’s Britannia, Additions to edition of 1695. Folio. 
Introductio ad Historiam rerum a Romanis gestarum, &c.; Edin. 1696. Folio. 
Auctarium Musi Balfo urani, e Museo pinbelinnts &0u3 ; Edin. 1697. 8vo. 
Coelii Sedulii Scoti poemata sacra ex MSS. &e.; Edin. 1701. 8vo 
eorgii Sibbaldi, Regule bene et salubrita Bite bad 3 ee 1701. 8vo. 
Commentarius in Vitam, G. Buchanani; Edin. 
The 9 and Independence of the Kingdom ian sciihiek of Scotland Asser- 
ted. Three Parts. Edin’ 
pel Answer to the Snr Letter to the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, &c.; Edin. 
ns Bion poeratis legem et in ejus Epistolam ad Thessalum, &c. ; Edin. 1706. 8vo. 
ae ty — concerning the Roman Monuments, &c, in N. B.; ' 
ne © His ories, Ancient ond Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow and 
Stirling ; Edin. 1710. Foli 
iy a Account of the Writers, &c. which treat of N. B. Two Parts. Edin. 1710. 
Visine quedam erudite Antiquitatis, &c.; Edin. 17 0. 
Reprinted, Cupar Fife; 1803. 8vo 
Commentarius i in Julii ‘Agricole Expeditiones; Edin. 1711. Fol 
Bains eetares concerning the Roman Ports, &c. in the Friths of Forth and Tay; 
in 
fons, Glosiarii de pes et Locis N. B.; i 1711, Folio 
ies rerum a Romanis, post avocatum Agricolam, &c.; Edin. 1711. Folio. 
Description of the Isles of a Bak and ele “Edin, 1611. Folio 
