Irtjh Botany, ig^ 
of this country. He is thought to have 
left a manufcript on the fbbjeft, which it 
is conjedured v/as written about the year 
1641, and from which Threlkeld took 
the Irifi names of plants, who fays, they 
were much more copious and exad: than he 
could coileft from any living authority. In 
the number of plants, it greatly exceeds any 
lift we have extant of the old BritiJJj names, 
or of thofe in the Erfe tongue, among the 
Highlanders^ 
Towards the latter end of the century, 
fome information v/as received relating to 
the natural hiftory of Ireland, from the tour 
of Dr. Llhwyd, as recorded in the Philo" 
fophical TranfaSfions j and Dr. William She- 
RARD, on his vifits to Sir Arthur Raw- 
don, at Moyra, noticed many of the rare 
plants of that region. 
Soon after this time, the eftablifhment of 
the Philofophical Society at Dublin contri- 
buted to advance, among other fciences, 
that of natural hidory ; and, of thofe who 
exerted themfelves to promote thefe pur- 
fuits, were the two brothers, Dr* JVil" 
Ham and Dr. Thomas Molynsux. Their 
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