CORRESPONDENCE OF RAY. 369 



I am in sad pain, and have little heart to write or to do 

 anything else : the days are so short, that the forenoon is 

 almost wholly spent in dressing my sores, which are now 

 more troublesome than ever, notwithstanding I have used 

 fomentations, tramnatic drinks, mercm'ial purges, &c. I 

 pray what think you of vomiting with Turbith mineral, 

 w^hich is recommended to me as a medicine which will 

 certainly give ease. I am. 



Sir, 

 Your much obliged affectionate friend 



and humble servant, 



John Ray. 

 My vsdfe salutes you with the tender of her very humble 

 service. 



For his honoui'ed friend. Dr. Itaiis Sloane, 



at his house at the corner of Southampton street, 

 towards Bloomsbury square, Loudon. 



Dr. Hans Sloane to Mr. Ray. 



London, Nov. 25, 1699. 



Sir, — I saw this day the strong Kentish man ; he lifted 

 up about 2000 lb, weight, broke a rope that Avould lift 

 up about 3000 lb., and kept himself from being pulled 

 out of his place by a very strong dray-horse. He has 

 nothing appears outwardly to give him such force. 



Mr. J. MoKTON, of Oxendon, in Northamptonshire, to Mr. Eay. 



What are your thoughts of the origin of that concrete 

 juice [Manna] collected from the leaves of the Calabrian 

 Ash? Is it not an exudation, occasioned by insects 

 opening orifices in the leaves with their terebellse ? The 

 exudations of the leaves of oaks, ashes, and other plants 

 in England, I think I can show are frequently occasioned 

 by these means. Of which, see Mr. Morton's ' Nat. Hist, 

 of Northamptonshire.' 

 Jan. 15, 1700. 



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