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letter to the celebrated antiquary Richard Gough, calls him " the Hermit of 

 Woolston," not meaning certainly that he avoided all company, for Tyson, 

 himself fond of antiquarian pursuits, on becoming incumbent of Lamborn, 

 was soon in habits of social mtercourse with him, dining at his table. His 

 not mixing more with the world arose from the pain he suffered from a dan- 

 gerous complaint which hastened his end, and he was excused serving the 

 office of sheriff of the county, for which his name was three tmics put on the 

 list, on account of extreme ill health, wldch rendered him incapable of any 

 exertion. _ He was remarkable for his great knowledge and goodness of heart, 

 a diligent inquirer after antiquities, freely imparting his discoveries to his 

 friends. The late Mr. Da Costa describes him as a very humane, friendly, 

 and communicative gentleman; and Morant, author of the ' History of Essex,' 

 in acknowledging the assistance he had received from him, by the communi- 

 cation of several curious particulars relating to the part of the county in which 

 he resided, notices him as " this good man." A plate of the monumental brass 

 of Ai-chbishop Harsnet in the work alluded to was supplied by Scott. There is 

 no_ record or tradition of his having a knowledge of botany, to which his 

 neighbour Tyson was much attached, but he left a collection of minerals, still 

 preserved in Woolston Hall. He appears by Da Costa to have been a col- 

 lector of aU sorts of antiquities, charters, leaves, records, coins, abbey-seals, 

 Roman lamps, Etruscan ware, swords, daggers, pistols, helmets, saws, and 

 other ancient insti-ximents, regalia, watches, sarcophagi, bronzes, idols, appa- 

 rel, pictures, miniatures, and prints. A part of his collection was sold in July 

 1783, and about the same time, his extensive and valuable library. TTie man- 

 sion, now the residence of Robert Bodle, Esq., sou of Robert above mentioned, 

 stiU retains its venerable character, the walls hung with portraits of the 

 family, two or three of Scott himself, one of Derham (oui- author), and one of 

 his son, the President of St. John's, Oxford, in which coUege is another 

 portrait of George Scott. Among the numerous antiquities, there is the 

 little brass Mercury figui-ed in Morant's ' History of Colchester,' also other 

 Roman remains from that town. In the hall is a handsome carved oaken 

 chair, the principal part of which is known to be five hundred years old. 



Appendix B. 



Edwaed Lhwyd, whose letters to John Ray, in this work, are reprinted 

 from the 'Philosophical Letters,' was born in South Wales about 1670, and 

 was the son of Charles Lhwyd, Esq., of Lhanvordo. He is best known as an 

 antiquary, but he deserves more notice than he has received as a naturalist. 

 Although many of his works are still well known, the materials for his 

 biography seem never to have been coUected together. He appears to have 

 received his eai-ly education in Wales, and in 1687 was entered at Jesus 

 CoUege, Oxford. In 1701 he was created M.A. He studied natural 

 history with great diligence as a pupil of the celebrated Dr. Plot, and, in 

 1690, he succeeded his master in Oxford as keeper of the Ashmolean 

 Museum. In 1699 he published the work on fossils which gives him a 

 claim to regard as a naturalist, and wliich must for ever connect him with 

 the history of the science of palteontology. This work was entitled 'Litho- 

 phylacii Britannici Iconographia,' and consisted of a systematic catalogue of 

 the fossils in the Ashmolean Museum, and was illustrated by a large number 



