Dr. Lifter to Mr. Ray. 1 1 3 



You can tell me what Author defcribes this MuJIj- 

 rome^ and what he titles it. 



I have revifed the Hiftory of Spiders, and added this 

 Summer's Notes. Alio. I have like wife brought in- 

 to the fame Method the Land and frejh Water Snails, 

 having this Year added many Species found in thefe 

 Northern Lakes. And by way of Appendix I have 

 defcrib'd all the Shell-Stones that I have any where 

 found in England, having purpofely viewed fome 

 Places in Torkjhire, where there are Plenty. The 

 Tables of both I purpofe to fend you. I am not fo 

 throughly flocked with Sea- Shells as I with and en- 

 deavour. I aim not at Exoticks, but thofe of our 

 own Shires.. Concerning St. Cuthberfs Beads*, I find 

 3 Species of them in Craven > and this makes it plain, 

 that they have not been the Back-bone of any Crea- 

 ture, becaufe I find of them ramous and branched 

 like Trees. 



Mr. Jeflbp to Mr. Ray. 



SIR, 



I Received both yours, and am very glad to hear of 

 your Defign of reviewing Mr. PVillughbfs Col- 

 lections 5 and I fhall give what Afliftance I can in the 

 Bufinefs concerning Hawks. In the mean time you 

 may perufe Lath am? % Falconry, whofe Defcriptions 

 are true, tho' not perhaps fo full as you may expe£b. 

 There are, befides thefe that are mentioned in the 

 common Books, a Boccarell, and a Boccaret ; the 

 which, altho' I. have often feen, yet I did not ob- 

 ferve them fo well, as to be able to defcribe them ex- 

 aftly. They are the Names, of the Male and Female. 

 A Boccarell I once kept my felf, which was much 

 larger than either the Lanner or Falcon j and yet the 



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