Ray. 221 
yet unpublillied, Mr. Ray, In 1684, ar- 
ranged the materials, which had been left 
in a very imperfeft and indigefted fcate. 
Perhaps no one but Mr. Ray could have 
fulfilled this pofthumous office ^ certainly 
no man fo effedually, fince Mro Ray had 
not only himfelf entirely furnifhed Mr. 
WiLLUGHBY v^ith many, but even the 
remainder had chiefly been coUefted during 
their almoft daily intercourfe, and whilfl 
travelling together. 
He wrote the two firft books himfelf ; 
revifed, methodifed, and enlarged the whole ; 
and fent it to the Royal Society ; the mem- 
bers of which contributed to furnifh the 
plates ; and, by the affijflance of Bifhop 
Fell, it was printed at Oxford ; the Royal 
Society beijig at the whole expence. It 
came out under the following title : 
FrariaydWiLLOUGUBEiiyudrmig, De 
HiSTORIA PiSCIUM, LiBRi quatuoT^ juffu 
et fumptu S. Ray. LG?id^ editi, Totu?n opus 
recognovit^ coaptavit^ fupplevit, librura etiam 
primum etfecimdum integros adjecit J , R a i u s . " 
Oxon. 1686. fol. pp, 343, 
CHAP. 
