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Your last three tribes I returned, and hope they are come 

 safe to your hands, though you have not been pleased to 

 give me advice of it. I wonder that I have not of a long 

 time heard anything of or from Dr. Preston. I have some 

 papers of dried plants of his in my hands, which I would 

 willingly remit, if I had but order from him whither I 

 should send them. My other twin-daughter, as I think I 

 hinted to you before, hath been very ill of the same disease 

 of which her sister died. I thank God she is now in a 

 hopeful way of recovery, though not out of all danger. 

 We have plied her with chalybeate medicines, judging 

 her disease to be complicated of the jaundice and chlo- 

 rosis. My wife tenders her very humble service to you ; 

 and I am no less, 



Sir, 

 Yours in all offices of love and service, 



JOHN RAY. 



For his honoured friend, Dr. Hans Sloane, 

 at his house at the corner of Southampton street, 

 towards Bloomsbury square, London. 



Mr. RAY to Dr. HANS SLOANE. 



SIR, My Supplement to the Dendrology, being in a 

 manner wholly yours, I have this morning sent you up 

 by carrier, and been bold also to put the charge of car- 

 riage upon you, for the better security of conveyance. I 

 entreat your pains in correcting what is erroneous or mis- 

 taken in supplying what is wanting, in altering and 

 amending what is obscurely delivered, or not well ex- 

 pressed, and whatever other faults of any kind you shall 

 find therein. 



I am at present in evil case, the sores upon my legs 

 spreading and increasing, and growing very deep many 



