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like myfelf, have made only tranfient vifits 

 in it. 



Dr. ParfofiSy the prefent ingenious pro- 

 felTor of anatomy at Oxford, during his me- 

 dical ftudies at Edinburgh, as a necefTary 

 concomitant to the knowledge of phyfic, 

 made botany one of his principal purfuits, 

 and greatly' excelled in it. He was indefa- 

 tigable in his enquiries into the fcience, and 

 in colleding the objeds of itj and with 

 much gratitude I remember the liberty he 

 gave me to reap the fruits of his labours, by 

 permitting me to examine his Herbarium, and 

 extradl from his notes. 



Mr. Talden, a late fludent in phyfic at 

 Edinburgh, and a moil fagacious and un- 

 wearied naturalift, loft no opportunity dur- 

 ing his continuance in that univerfity, of 

 cultivating his knowledge in botany. He 

 made a copious cclledtion of the vegetable 

 produ61:ions of Scotland, with many curious 

 obfervations on them, and in the moft libe- 

 ral and friendly manner fubmitted the whole 

 to my infpedion and ufe. 



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