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accepted of. I shall desire ray bookseller to send those 

 papers to you and entreat you to communicate them to 

 the doctor. 



Mr. Petiver is a person well known to me, and hath 

 contributed some observations to my ' Synopsis Stirp. 

 Brit.,' and I shall, according to your advice, make what 

 use I can of his skill for my assistance in this work. 



I am troubled that I am constrained to put so many 

 nuda nomina of plants without descriptions, but it is not 

 to be helped. Many of them are not to be seen growing 

 in England, and them that are I have not opportunity of 

 seeing, so that many errors will creep in, let me use all 

 the oijumspection possible. 



Please to tender my humble service to Capt. Hatton, 

 and tell him that I should be glad to see Mons. Magnol's 

 method, and if he please to lend it me I will return it 

 carefully to him, when I have made what use I can of it. 



I am very glad you have so well settled your domestic 

 law business, which I had advice of from Dr. Briggs, and 

 was fearful it might create you some trouble and dis- 

 turbance. 



My little family are, I thank God, at present all in 

 health. We return you our hearty thanks for your good 

 wishes. We often taste of your kindness, and as often 

 remember you, and talk of you. My wife salutes you 

 with the tender of her very humble service, and I am, sir, 

 Your very affectionate and much obliged 



friend and humble servant, 



JOHN RAY. 



For Dr. Hans Sloane, 



at his house at the corner of Southampton street, 

 Bloomsbury square, London. 



