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near Aberdeen. Upon his recovery, he went 
to Paris, the afylum of his countrymen. 
Here he was firfl employed as a tutor to 
the fon of a counfellor, Bizet ; and, in the 
mean time, affiduoufly applied to the ftudy 
of anatomy, botany, and zoology. In 1 648, 
he took the dodlor's degree in phyfic at 
Angers. He became fo much diftinguifhed 
by his fkill in botany, that at the recom- 
mendation of M. Robins, the king's bota- 
nift, he was taken into the patronage of the 
Duke of Orleansy uncle to Lewis XIV. and 
appointed intendant of his fine garden at 
Bloisy with a handfome falary. This eftab- 
lifhment took place in 1650, and he held 
it until the death of the Duke, in 1660. 
Here, we are told, Mori son laid open to 
the Duke his method of botany ; and was 
liberally encouraged by him to profecute it. 
The Duke alfo fent him into various pro- 
vinces of France, to fearch for new plants. 
He travelled 'mX.Q Bur gundy , tht LyoJinois^-^ind 
Languedoc ; and into Britanny, the coafts 
and ifles of which he carefully inveftigated ; 
and, by thefe journies, enriched the garden 
with many rare, and fome new plants. 
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