Mr. Ray to Sir Hans Sloane. 29 3 



Bern* and the Ajh coloured Nickar, or Bonduch. You 

 will find them all in my Catalogue, under thofe vul- 

 gar Names, by the Index -> there is alfo a fourth fent 

 me thence, which is, I think, the Avellana quadrifi- 

 da. J.B. Where its natural Place is I know not 3 but 

 the others you may find their Countries by the Authors 

 which fpeak of them, for they muft come to Scot- 

 land by the currents of the Sea. I have heard of 

 fome thrown up in England, and fhould be glad to 

 have your thoughts of this matter. The fmall Coral 

 in Falmouth Road you may fee I found in England , 

 and had it from the Magellan Streights. I beg your 

 pardon for this trouble. 



Mr. Ray'$ Anfwer to Sir Hans Sloane. 



S IR, B. N. 7 r 17— p5. 



WHAT you write concerning the Fruits ga- 

 thered in plenty on the Shores of the North 

 Weft IJlands of Scotland, is very ftrange. I have for- 

 merly read fomething of it in the Philofophical Tranf- 

 att. I think, but gave no great heed to it 5 but now 

 I fee there was Truth in it. It is very unlikely to 

 me that they fhould be brought fo far by any Current 

 of the Sea : I fhould rather think they came from 

 Veflels call away by Shipwrack near thole Parts. But 

 it is a thing very well deferves to be farther and more 

 diligently enquired into , fith the matter of Fad is 

 certain. 



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