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gentleman, hath promised me that, as soon as ever the 

 Macreuse comes into season here, he will get it exactly 

 designed and painted to the life, and the skin stuffed, so 

 that then, sir, you shall have a better account of it. In 

 the mean time be pleased to accept of the following de- 

 scription, which I have taken out of a late French author, 

 not to be met withal now in booksellers' shops, the priests 

 having forbid it I am confident it is faithful, and will 

 afford you some light. " La Macroule ou Macreuse passe 

 constamment a Paris, en Normandie et ailleurs pour la 

 veritable Oye d'Ecosse." 



Monsieur Tournefort, a Languedoc man, and doctor 

 of Montpellier, demonstrates now the plants in the 

 King's^arden here. He speaks with great veneration of 

 you; but in his demonstration of the Bistorta alpina 

 \JPolygonum viviparum, Linn.] he dissented from you, 

 saying that you confounded the two species together, 

 whereas he affirmed they were really distinct. Since 

 our coming to Paris, we have observed a few plants 

 growing wild that may be not at all found in England, 

 or rarely, as the Reseda crispa Gallica [Reseda lutea (3, 

 Linn.], described by Boccone; the Conyza Canadensis 

 annua alba acris linarice foliis \JErigeron canadense, 

 Linn.]; Psyllium erectum, Bauhin. pin. \Plantago Psyl- 

 lium, Linn.]; Veronica erecta angustifol., B. pin. ; Pul- 

 monaria maculosa, B. pin. \_Pulmonaria officinalis, Linn.]; 

 Turritis minor, B. pin. \Turritis hirsuta, Linn.]; Ascle- 

 pias fore alb., B. pin. {^Asclepias Vincetoccacum, Linn.]; 

 Sideritis hirsuta erecta, B. pin. [Sideritis Scordioides, 

 Linn.?]; Chamadrys repens maj. vulgar., B. pin. \Tcu- 

 crium Chamcedrys, Linn.]; Chamacistus plantag. fol., B. 

 pin. ; Securidaca dumetorum Jlore vario siliquis comic., 

 B. pin.; Fcenum Burgundiacum \Medicago saliva, Linn.]; 

 Attractilys lutea, B. pin. [Carthamus lanatus, Linn.]. 

 Pardon, sir, the imperfect names, for we have few or no 

 books by us, unless your travels and two or three more. 

 No more trouble at present from. 



Paris, July 12, 1683. N. s. 



