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C H A p. I7« 
Account of Mr, Ray continued— His various eru- 
dition — Colle^ion of Engliih Proverbs — CoU 
leStion of Englifh Words — Second edition of the 
Catalogus Plancarum Anglisi — Publijhes Wil- 
lughby's Ornithology, both in Latin, and in 
Englifh — Engaged hy the 'K, to make exferi^ 
ments in natural hiftory — Removal to Black 
Notley, in ElTex — Publifjes Willughby's Ic- 
thyology. 
RAY. 
jT"!^ H E talents of Mr. Ray were not 
A confined to natural hiftory. He had 
a relifh, among other departments of litera- 
ture, for philological enquiries, and the ge- 
nius of the Englijh language had engaged 
much of his attention. Of his purfuits in 
this way, he has left memorials, which 
have extended his reputation beyond the 
fphere of natural hiftory, and made him 
known to the learned world in general, 
I refer to his Colledion of Englijlo 
Proverbs," and to his " Colledlion of 
6 Englifi 
