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sion serves; which doing, you shall lay a further obligation 

 upon him who is already indebted to you, 



Sir, 

 Your faithful friend and servant, 



JOHN RAY. 



Be pleased to hasten your observations upon, and 

 additions to, the first tribes, for the booksellers make me 

 believe they will begin to print suddenly, if they can but 

 get subscriptions for 200 copies. 



For Mr. James Petiver. 



Mr. RAY to [Mr. JAMES PETIVEH?]. 



SIR. I received by the last week's carrier the parcel 

 you sent me, containing Father Camelli's papers; and your 

 own plants, and observations thereupon, to be added to 

 the first three tribes of Euci, Fungi, and Musci. You 

 have gratified me very much, and by adding the names 

 to each plant, have eased me of a great deal of trouble 

 I should have been put to in searching them out, and at 

 last should not have done it half so well as you, to whom 

 they are so familiar and well known ; and I entreat your 

 assistance in like manner in contributing your notes and 

 additions to the following tribes, which you may do at 

 your leisure and best convenience, they having not yet 

 begun to print the work, which stop is partly owing to 

 myself, I desiring the first tribe back again to make 

 some additions to it, as particularly the submarine plants 

 you sent, which I know not through whose negligence I 

 have not yet received. 



When you see Dr. Sloane, be pleased to acquaint him 

 that I have received his books of Magellanic and Aleppo 

 Plants, which I return thanks for, and shall be careful of, 

 that they receive no harm. 



Several of the ferns you sent me are very rare and 



