APPENDIX A. 89 



Mr. Boyle brought it to y= R. society to whom it was 

 sent from y= Sussex shore, hee had only tryed it to its 

 electricity & found it answer his expectation, farther 

 tryals will be made of it. The second is a small plant 

 found on oyster shells which when fresh did perfectly 

 represent y^ flowers off Hyacinthus botryoides, [see Note 

 91] but y' was somewhat longer & not so much sweld out 

 towards its pedunculus, some of them are here inclosed. 

 Tis doubtless a sort off vesicaria, though much differen t 

 from what y'" sent mee. Most off them are now shrunk 

 & y^ sides constituting y' cavity come together & appear 

 only a transparent husk. One thing more I had to 

 add (but scarcely dare speak it out) y' is if it would 

 please [you added above] to let it bee done without 

 y' charge & 2ly if it might be done without y' trouble, 

 then I would beg off y* to set some a work to procure 

 mee some of those rare animals &c y'' have mentioned 

 in your seueral Letters. My intention therein is double r 

 first to take their descriptions & furnish our colledge with 

 them as curiosities, all being lost by y= fire this is onely 

 wished but must not bee proposed without y" former 

 limitation by y"' too much allready obliged friend & 

 servant 



St/z May '6g. Chr. MERRExf. 



I met this week with some persons off quality high 

 Germans who lately saw y' son & record all good 

 things off him. 



ffor Dr Browne off Norwich. 



[The reply to this letter is No. IX of the above Series.] 



