27o Mr. Lhwyd to Mr. Ray. 



Summers, I believe I could make this Matter clear 

 enough, and beyond Difpute. 



I have alfo an Ear of Rye out of Dolgelhe Parijhy 

 Meiryonydhjhire^ that was taken out of the Side of an 

 Infant. The Truth whereof is fo well attefted, that 

 as yet I fully believe it. When the Child was born, 

 he had a Protuberance on the Left Side under the 

 Ribs, about the Bignefs of a Small-Nut $ all the Su- 

 Henance given him for fix Weeks he vomited, and 

 did not thrive at all : About which Time the Knob 

 broke •> and the Mother furpriz'd at fome odd thing 

 fhe faw therein, call'd to her Husband, who obferv- 

 ing the Straw End to peep in and out, as the Child 

 cried, or was quiet 3 he held it between his Nails, and 

 pluck'd out this Ear. The Mother apply'd a Plantain 

 Leaf to the Sore, and 'twas well in 24 Hours. Your 

 Opinion how it came there would be acceptable. My 

 Lord of Bangor has fent to me to deflre your Opinion 

 of the Holywell Mofs, as to its fvveet Scent. 'Tis 

 very true that it fmells fweet (as I my ielf experienced 

 Anno 88.) at the very Place. Whence it acquires 

 its Scent is the Queftion : My Lord thinks it fweet- 

 en'd by Art > but then he knows not perhaps that it 

 has that Smell in its native Place. 



Oxford, Dec. lo. — 92. 



%r Hans Sloane to Mr. Ray. 



SIR, London, Feb. i£. 1 69]. 



TT Should have fome time flnce given you my Thanks 

 H for the Favour you did me in fending me one of 

 your Books of . Phyfico-Theological Difcourfesy which 

 1 now do, affuring you at the fame timc^ that you 

 have me very much at your Command and Service. 



I have 



