Mr. Lhwyd to Mr. Ray. 



Stones of this Kindts your large Glojfbpetra is amongft 

 the reft of that Sort ^ whereof I have feen one found 

 in Shepey much larger than that elegant one you fent 

 me. When I fay over-grown, I mean a large Sort, 

 or Variety, much exceeding thofe of its Family > which 

 puts me in mind of a current Report, how tliat in 

 the County of Antrim in Ireland there are divers large 

 Pillars of Star-flones able to fupport a Church. How 

 your Baflions of St. Paul differ from our Brijikfiones^ 

 youll beft judge from fome I {hall fend. you. The 

 Vertebra feem to be fo indeed, and to have undergone 

 but a fmall Alteration. Thofe infcrib'd Denies, $em 

 fentum^ and Ova^ I can fay nothing to. 



A Synopfis Method, of the Animals and FoJJils of 

 England would doubtlefs prove very inftrumental to 

 the Advancement of Natural Hiftory: And tho' a 

 compleat Enumeration of thofe Things would re- 

 quire much Time, Labour, Expence, and Travail ; 

 yet I doubt not but fuch a Catalogue ^s you could 

 give us would be very grateful to the Publick, and 

 prove a Dire£tion to feveral others to make farther 

 Obfervations of that Kind,' as* well as your Catalogue 

 of Plants has done. I queltion not but you may give 

 us a great deal of Information in the Catalogue of Jm 

 feSISi as well as you have done already in the Hiftories 

 of Birds and Fijh. . I fhall be very forward to give in 

 my Contribution, which will be fome Obfervati- 

 ons of Formed Stones^ and of the Exanguia Manna. 

 Dr. Plot will be likewife as ready. 



We have perform'd our Vifit to Mr. Cole^ and re- 

 ceiv'd abundant Satisfaction in our Journey. He re- 

 ceiv'd us (tho' all unknown to him) very friendly, 

 and fpent 6 Hours in fhewing us his Colle&ion, with-' 

 out any Interruption, or the leaft Sign of being wea- 

 ry : It confifts altogether of natural Things, and 

 feem'd to us a very extraordinary Collection for one. 

 3?erfon (and who perhaps had not the Advantage of 



