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three affociates in this tour, was, the en- 
largement of his knowledge in natural hif- 
tory, and particularly in the vegetable king- 
dom ; and the great number of plants ob- 
ft 
ferved and collected by him, exceeded, as 
he informs us, his expectation : not that 
any opportunities efcaped hiiri of defcribing 
the birds and fi{hes of the feveral countries 
they paffed through, in aid of Mr. Wil- 
xuGHBY^s plans. His notes concerning 
thofe of Germany, were unfortunately loft. 
The volume before us, however, is by no 
means confined to natural hiftory. Mr. 
Ray treats on the manners of the people, 
and expatiates often on the excellencies and 
defedts of the feveral governments, particu- 
larly of the cities on the continent, and on 
the ftate of the academies and univerlities. 
He does not omit to notice the antiquities 
that occurred and of thofe at Rome, he gives 
a very methodical account. Eefides many 
mifcellaneous remarks on various other 
parts of natural hiftory, he has taken occa- 
fton to make a digreflion, which, at that 
time, muft have been of a very interefting 
nature, on the moft remarkable places, 
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