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and correspondents you have in all parts have furnished 

 you withal. 



I cannot but wonder that my booksellers should be so 

 slow and dilatory in publishing this book, the edition 

 whereof one would think it should be their interest to 

 hasten. I have received no sheets of the Appendix since 

 Pather CameUi's history. 



I am now about drawing up a Method of Insects, in 

 order whereto the ' General History ' of Swammerdani, 

 in Latin, would be very useful to me, and save me much 

 pains and time in translating out of the French edition 

 (which only I have) into Latin what I shall borrow out 

 of it. I have written to Mr. Smith more than once to 

 procure me one, but he hath either forgotten or neglected 

 it, so that now I must entreat the loan of yom^s for a 

 while. I shall carefidly retm-n it again so soon as I have 

 done with it. 



Some of your English insects I have not seen, others I 

 am in doubt of. Mr. Dale wiU send you an account of 

 them. Such as I have not I desire you would send me 

 to describe ; and so doing you will further oblige him 

 who is already. 



Sir, 

 Very much yours, 



John Ray. 



Black Notley, May 17, 1704. 



Mr. Hay to Dr. Hans Sloane. 



Black Notley, Jime 8, 1704. 



Sir, — Since my last to you, all my hopes of amend- 

 ment and relief by the method of physic I use are 



