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with Witichius, a German ; and afterwards, 

 with Marcgrave, brother of the author of the 

 Natural History of Brazil. During the college 

 vacations, he visited Utrecht and Amsterdam ; 

 and in September, 1661, he quitted Leyden, 

 through Dort, to Zealand, and by way of West 

 Flanders to Calais ; from thence to Rouen ; and 

 so to Paris. Here he continued his studies for 

 nine months, and proceeded to Angiers, remain- 

 ing there a month for the purpose of taking his 

 degree of M.D.* Having obtained this, he went 

 to Orleans, and then down the Loire to Angiers, 

 stopping at Ambois, Blois, Tours, and Somoeur, 

 on his way ; and then back by way of Chartres to 

 Paris. After a very short sojourn here, he set off 

 for England, through Rouen to Dieppe, and landed 

 at Eastborne in Sussex. He lost his father while 

 he was in Holland. 



Three months he devoted to the examination 

 of London and its neighbourhood, and then pro- 

 ceeded by coach to York ; north of which city, 

 there appears at that time to have been no public 

 conveyances for the accommodation of travellers, 

 as it was necessary for him to hire from thence 

 horses and a guide to Newcastle. He was so well 

 satisfied with them, that he continued them on to 

 Edinburgh, taking the route of Jedburgh and 

 Melrose, arriving at the Scottish metropolis, 

 * Diploma dated July 17, 1662. 



