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nor the Month following that I obferved ; but the 

 Bark put out a Lip, or Wreath, and feemed to heal. 

 The Beginning of July I cut out an Inch or more 

 Square of the Bark, at about my Height in the Bo- 

 dy of the fame Tree. This Wound ran the next 

 Morning fo as to drop, and yet always towards 

 Noon it dried 3 and the fame Wound, for zi Days 

 after (which was as long as I ftay'd to obferve it) ne- 

 ver failed to drop in the Morning, and to dry before 

 eleven. This Experiment I repeated upon a mu£h 

 lefs Tree, and for five Days it fucceeded in like man- 

 ner, but then gave over. The deep bored Wound 

 in the firft large Tree was not altogether dry (altho* 

 it feemingly was heal'd) at running Hours. 



I have added this Summer three Sorts of Spiders to 

 my 31. You may explain Reticula Scutulata^ by ad- 

 ding in plana circuit figura : And fo. [cutulata will be 

 limited to the Mefhes. 



This Letter was writ, as you may fee, before I re- 

 ceived yours, and had been fent, but that I delibera- 

 ted a Poll, whether it was not fafer to fend it by 

 Nottingham. I thank you for my very welcome Pre- 

 sent, [viz. Catalogus Plant arum7\ I am ft ill of the 

 fame Mind, and rejoice that it is publick * and I am 

 confident confiderate Men will think themfelves high- 

 ly obliged to you, both for your new difcovered 

 Plants, and for the Pains you took in corrc£ting the 

 Faults and Miftakes of others > that is, you took Pains 

 to fave it us, mod Writers of this Subje£l* having 

 been more vain, than diligent and cautious. I was 

 pleafed with the Derivation of your Name whilft 

 U was at it, it agreed fo well with a Virtue fo emi- 

 nent in you, and which, I am confident, you will 

 never lay afide j however you pleafe to alter the 

 writing of your Name : You well know what Fray 

 in French means. I have not jfeen the laft Phitolo- 

 phical Tranfa£tions yet : But I obferved a Bee much 

 like the Hive-Bee in Colour, yet fomewhat broader 



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