164 Mr. Ray to Dr. Robinfon. 



fucceeding one another with that extraordinary Swift- 

 nefs, that we could but wonder at it : But how £he 

 made the Noife, whether by the nimble Agitation of 

 her Bill to and fro in the Rift of the Bough, or by 

 the fwift ftriking of the Mandibles one againft ano- 

 ther, as the Stork doth, I cannot clearly difcern 3 but 

 an intelligent Gentleman, who was very diligent in 

 obferving the fame Bird, faid it was the former Way. 



Black Nothy 9 Aug. 13. —84. 



Dr. Robinfon to Mr, Ray. 



SIRj London^ Augufl 19. — 84. 



MY own private common Place Books do afford 

 fome odd and (as I think) ufcful Obfervations 

 and Experiments upon Plants, especially thofe calPd, 

 and vulgarly efteem'd, poyfonous ones; which, if ju- 

 dicioufly mix'd, prepared, and manag'd, may prove 

 the moil powerful and beneficial Medicines in Nature, 

 I mean. internally given 3 for they may be fo 'order 'd 

 as to work very agreeably, what way foever one 

 pleafes, as by Vomit, Stool, or elfe by Sweat only, 

 and Urine, or elfe infenlibly, and not without fuch 

 SjLjccefs, as can fcarce be expected from any other 

 "Vegetables, or from any Animal, or Mineral Sub- 

 licences whatfoever ; but I will defer this to a par- 

 ticular Paper, having not at prefent my Notes and 

 Records of my Trials by me, 



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Mr. 



