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M\ Doody ^ Mr. Ray. 



DR. TVoodward has fliewed me Slates^ -wherein 

 there were not only Shades of Plants^ as in the 

 JJendroideS) but the real Body, and become very hard, 

 by imbibing in thefe ftony Particles j in one Side of 

 the Slate a Cavity with the Imprefs of the Leaf, and 

 on the other Side it may be feen prominent; and in both 

 every little Lineament fo exact, that I could not doubt 

 that they had once grown. I have not feen them ve- 

 ry lately, but I intend e're long $ and then I fhall be 

 able to give you a farther Account. 



Tentzelius to Mr, Ray. 



FIR CELEBERRIME, 



Blennium eft:, ex quo controverfia agitur inter me 

 ' & Collegium Med.icum Gethamim de prcegrandibus 

 ojjibus terr£ effojjis, qux ego ab Elepjoanto^ Medici au- 

 tem pure.foffile efle contendunt. Epiltolam, quam 

 Magliabechio tunc inferipfi, primo ftatim menfe ad 

 illultrem Societatem Regiam mifi, una cum offium 

 fragmentis, illiufque judicio cun£ta fubjeci, Verum 

 non pervenifle ad manus veitras, ex filentio colligo, 

 cum fatis ex adverfo mihi conitet, qua humanitate 

 refpondere foleatis Germanis, curiofa vobis dijudican- 

 da offerentibus. Opto igitur, ut hie fafciculus felicior 

 fit, quern curandum fufceperunt fratres Janjfonio- 

 H^aesbergijy Bibliopole Amjlelodamenfes^ cum quibus 

 his nundinis, celeberrimum Ludolfum vifitans, noti- 



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