Mr. Ray to Dr. Robinfoii. 179 



&f Wloales mentioned in Catalogues of them : Buc 

 I take many of them to be fictitious, and have little 

 Hopes of getting any good Information of them. 

 Both my felf and the Publick (if this Work ever be 

 printed) fhall be beholden to you for your Contribu- 

 tions to it. If the publifliing of it be deferr'd till 

 Mr. Willughbfs Son comes of Age, I doubt not but 

 lie will be at the Charge of lleceffary. Plates, rather 

 than it fhould be fupprefs'd. My Lord Bifhop of Ox- 

 ford is highly to be commended for his Forwardnefo 

 to promote any good Delign. For this Hiftory of 

 Pipes, I can warrant it to be as full and perfect, as to 

 the Number of Species, and their Defcriptions, (ex- 

 cepting only the Cetaceous Kind) as was the Hiftory of 

 Birds. The Exanguia Aquatica I account rather Iii- 

 fefts than Fifties 5 and,, befides, neither Mr. Willughby, 

 nor my felf, had fo fully defcribed each feveral Species, 

 Tiox ranged them in their Gaffes, as was neceflary 

 for a compleat Hiftory of them.' But as to Defigns for 

 the CutSy I have feveral drawn by hand from the Life, 

 and have already* for every Species, made a Reference 

 to the Place, where the beft Figure of it is extant in 

 Gefner, Aldrovand, Rondektius, S ah i anus, &c. (I 

 mean in my Judgment) in a Paper 1 have by me, 

 which you may command. 



Black No t ley 3 March 13, —84.; 



Mr. Ray to D?\ Robinfon, 



A Friend and Neighbour Apothecary, tohom I 

 em ploy 'd Yefterday, brought me the Effect of 

 his boiling the Juice of the greater Maple, Having 

 boil'd as high as an Extrad, he found a whitiih Bo- 



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