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Mr. Ray 5 * Arifwer. 



S J i?, March 14- *--p*. 



Thank you for your x^ccount of the Tyger's Com-, 

 M bat with the Dogs. That Creature was very rarely 

 ieen at Rome it felf.. 1 wonder how they got it : Sure- 

 ly it is no true Afiatick^ but American Tyger. 



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Sir Hans Sloane to Mr. Ray. 



S I R y London^ Nov. if. KS99. 



I Saw this' Day the ftrong Kentijh Man; he lifted 

 up about 2000 /. Weight, broke a &ope that 

 would lift up about 3000 /. and kept himfeif from 

 being pulled out of his Place by a very ftrong Dray- 

 Horle. He has nothing appears outwardly to give 

 him fuch Force. 



DrJWood to Mr. Ray. 



Honoured o IJL 



Kilkenny^ July 18. 1706. 

 reem'd, by all Authors and 



PRunella is a Plant efteem 

 Pra&itioners that 1 have met with, to be a Vul- 

 nerary^ and us'd only in that Cafe, and the Di {tem- 

 per whence it takes its Name, wherein it is effectual, 

 on the fame Account : But the Natives of thisCoun- 

 trey, who pretend to great Skill in Herbs, give it fre- 

 quently (boil'd in Poffet-Drink) in all Sorts of com- 

 mon continual Fevers^ I mean all but malignant ones, 

 and expeft great Matters from it. And fome give it 

 alfo in intermitting Fevers : But I have not been able 

 to judge whether it be fo effectual as they pretend, Sc 

 no, becaufe commonly other Medicines are alfd gi- 

 ven . I am credibly informed that 'tis us'd in the fame' 

 Cafe in feveral Parts of fVales^ where they call it by 

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