io6 Sir Philip Skippon to Mr. Ray. 



In fomc of the late Tranfa6fcions, viz. N. 71, 

 y6. are Obfervables which I doubt not you have ta- 

 ken notice of. 



Specified propriefate^ Mant£ refiftere creditur Radix 

 Nymph, lut. qua menfe Mojo effojfa^ Sennertus. 



Folia Buxi) £5? deep £f urn Anagallid. flo. pur p. Ma- 

 mam cur ant. idem. 



In Mr. Boyle's laft Piece of the Ufiefulnefis of Natu- 

 ral Philofophy^ he tells you feveral Ways to take the 

 Shape of a Leaf^ which he recommends to Travellers, 

 In & little Book cali'd Polygraphice y c. iz. is another 

 Way 5 viz. Fir ft take the Leaf^ and gently bruife the 

 Ribs and Veins on the Back-fide of it 3 afterwards wet 

 it with Linfeed-Oily and then prefs it hard upon a piece 

 of clean white Paper 5 and Jo you Jhall have the perfect 

 Figure of the Leaf. 



As any thing elfe occurs which may be worthy 

 your Knowledge, I fhall give you Information. Some 

 Remarks about Infefh in the Philofophical Tranfa- 

 £Hons bring to my Memory what I read in New- 

 England's Memorial 1653. Plymouth was vifited with 

 an infectious Fever. The Spring before this Sicknefs % 

 there was a numerous Company of Flies 7 which were 

 Jike^ for Bignefsy unto Wafps y or Humble-Bees \ they 

 came out of little Holes in the Ground^ and did eat up 

 green "Things^ and made fuch a conftant yelling Noife % as 

 made all the Woods ring of them % Pag. 90. 



Mr. Ray to Dr. Lifter. 



Dear S I R 7 Middle ton^ March %. 1671. 



I Thank you for the Account you fent of the Bret 

 and Turbut. By what you write of the Bret I 

 perceive, that what they call Bret in Lincolnjhire and 

 Torkjhire^ and I believe alfo in all the Eaft Part of En- 



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