370 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 1747. 



Of a Person who had no Ear for Music Naturally Singing several Tunes when 

 in a Delirium. By the Rev. Dr. Doddridge at Northampton. N" 484, p. 596. 



A clergyman's lady, whose husband is of some eminence in the learned world, 

 in a frenzy after a lying-in, which was quickly removed, found during the time 

 of it such an alteration in the state and tone of her nerves, that though she 

 never had before or since any ear for music, nor any voice, she was then capable 

 of singing, to the admiration of all about her, several fine tunes, which her 

 sister had learned in her presence some time before; but of which she had not 

 then seemed to take any particular notice. 



yi Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, presented to the Royal 

 Society by the Company of apothecaries for the Year 1745, pursuant to the 

 Direction of Sir Hans Shane, Bart. P. R. S. &c. By Joseph Miller, Apo- 

 thecary. N°484, p. 597. 



This is the 24th presentation of this kind, completing to the number of 1200 

 different plants. 



Continuation of an Account of an Essay towards a Natural History of Carolina 

 and the Bahama Islands ; by Mark Catesby, F. R. S. with some Extracts out 

 of the Tenth set. By Cromwell Mortimer, Seer. R. S. N° 484, p. 599. 



This 10th set begins with plate lOO, of the 2d vol. In this part of the work, 

 the author, besides plants, has given us several insects, particularly some remark- 

 able butterflies. He begins this set with the mahogany tree, the wood of which 

 is of late years become so well known here in England, for all sorts of cabinet 

 work, surpassing the red cedar in beauty, without having the disagreeable scent 

 of that wood. 



On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Greene, late Rector of St. George the Martyr in 

 Queen's Square, London, and one of the Prebendaries of Worcester, where 

 he died of a Hurt received, as he was riding out in the Neighbourhood of 

 that City. By Tho. Cameron, M. D. N" 484, p. 609. 



Oct. 20, about noon. Dr. Greene's horse started under him, at the waving of 

 a ploughman's whip, and with a quick and violent jerk, turned quite short, first 

 to the left, and then instantly, and with the same impetuosity, to the right. 

 After galloping a few paces, the Doctor fell gently off into a hedge, without 

 receiving any hurt from the fall. A chariot was borrowed, into which he was 

 lifted and brought home; for after this he could never stand. 



At 4 that evening Dr. C. first saw him, just after he had been blooded. He 

 was very faint, cold all over, and his pulse scarcely perceptible, though naturally 



