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Utanskrift: 



Illustri Nobilique Domino 

 Do Carolo Linné 

 Comiti van Line 



Upsalio 

 Svecia. 



Linn. Soc, Vol. II: 203—204. 

 ' yt = that. 



230. 



Dublin 



, , ^ Septr 7*^ 1770. 

 Ireland 



D-- Sir 



It is now some years since I had the pleasure of hearing from you; 

 I have been of late years much afflicted with the Gout & since then I 

 have been bussy in making some provision for the latter part of life, 

 untill then unthought of, & some other incidents have also helpt to en- 

 gage my attension. I am now however returned to this Kingdom, my 

 native country, where I hope to pass the remainder of my days, & 

 what gives me the more pleasure, is, that I am so much nearer, which 

 gives me hopes of hearing the oftener from you. I have been already 

 a considerable distance thro the country, & have seen only 2 plants 

 that I could not recolect any thing of, & one a species of Anthericum, 

 growing frequent in our bogs. the other intirely unknown to me, five 

 petals, laping somewhat like the mallows with a calix; the Stam. five 

 & having the germen globose, simple Stile & Stigma, & many small 

 seeds. the plant grows thick in patches, & bears many flowers, hut the 

 stalks seldom exceed 3 Inches, bear small roundish leaves, & opposite 

 from whose alse towards the top they emit single flowers. — 



I do intend this winter to write a small tract on the venereal Disease 

 & new model the practice in that disorder in most cases. 1 have on 

 repeated tryals found that erude mercury mixes with rubarb perfectly 

 (the true belost's pill) & many other vegitable substances, with the ad- 

 mixture only of a little water which laid me to some discoveries that 

 may be very usefull to mankind. & therefore intend give them to the 

 public while I can* with a short acc. of the Yaws. The last edition 



