Mr. Ray to Dr. Lifter* i z i 



le&ion of Local Words I mentioned to you is abroad. 

 I had fent you one of them, but that I knew not how 

 to get it conveyed, unlefs I had fent to Mr. Martin 

 for Dire&ion : And truly the thing is fo inconfidera- 

 ble a Trifle, that I thought it not worth the While 

 to give him the Trouble. Befides, it is fo ill cor- 

 rected, that I am alfo in that refpe£t aftiamed of it. 



I am going on as faft as I can with the Ornithology. 

 That the Work may not be defe£tive\ I intend to 

 take in all the Kinds I find in Books which Mr, WiU 

 lughby defcribed not, and to have a Figure for all the 

 Defcriptions I can procure them for. I have fent 

 this Week to Mr. Martin to begin to get fome Fi* 

 gures engraved. 



Middleton, Novem. 29. *s-73» 



. Mr. Johnfon to Mr. Ray. 



Honoured SIR, 



YO U defired a particular Account of the Barna» 

 cleS) which I have given, and am confident they 

 are two Species at the leaft > yet fo near a-kin, that 

 they have all % dark Veil, covering Head and Neck 

 alike, far. 



If you have not yet determin'd what thofe Shells 

 upon old Planks and Ships (which Antiquity fancied 

 to be young Gooflings) are, give me Leave to pro- 

 pound one Conje&ijre among many, viz*, that they 

 are the Spawn of Shrimp. 'Twas my Brother Jo. 

 Johnforfs Obfervation, who told me, that fo far as 

 his naked Eye could difcover, there was an exa£t Pro- 

 portion of Parts betwixt the Contents of thofe Shells 

 and the Shrimp : If this Conje&ure have any thing 

 of Probability in it, pray examine it farther} if not, 



R pardon 



