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Lichen cinereus terrejlris) and publifhed in the *Phi- 
lofophical Lranf actions, N° 2 37. I cannot doubt but 
it is a potent Remedy, of which I prefume there 
may have been feveral fuccefsful Experiments made, 
lince thofe made by Dampiers Uncle, which are very 
confiderable. And it may be King James might have 
fome of his Hounds cured by this Lichen , after he 
came to the Crown, and might then fend a Specimen 
thereof alfo to the Society. 
I muft here reftrain my Pen from being further 
tedious, and beg Pardon for giving you the Trouble 
of fo long a Scrawl, and for faying fo much that may 
look like a TregtctuToXoylct, though theOccafton is fuch 
as will, I hope, plead my Excufe. In fo perplexed 
an Affair, I could not tell how to reprefent my Senfe 
in a fmaller Compafs 5 and I wifh I may have done it 
to your Satisfa&ion, and that of the learned Gentle- 
men, who, I doubt nor, frequently receive Accounts 
from better Hands, far more worthy of their Atten- 
tion in Matters Phyfical, Philofophical, &c. than any 
thing that I am capable of producing ; but as 'tis com- 
monly faid, In magnis ‘voluijj'e fat eft $ and I am free 
to impart what little I do underhand, that may have 
the lead Tendency to promote Natural Knowledge, 
and be any way ferviceable to the Public, efpecially 
in Cafes where Life and Health are concerned, thofe 
precious ineftimable Jewels, and mod valuable Gifts 
of Divine Bounty. The Pradlice of Phyfic is not 
indeed my Profeffion, though I have looked a little 
by way of Diverfion into the Theory, but in Com - 
muni periculo omnis homo Miles ; and fhall think 
myfelf very happy, if any thing 1 have here commu- 
nicated may prove in the lowed Degree advantageous 
Ooo and 
