TToe Life ^ Mr. RAY. 45 
P,orpus, the Air-bladder in Fijhes., 
the (10) Macreufe^ and the Wood- 
cracker ; many or moft of which 
Particulars Mr. Oldenburgh inferted 
in his Tranfadlions. But Mr. Olden- 
burgh had a farther End in his fre- 
quent Correfpondence with Mr. Ray^ 
which was to get him into the Com- 
pany of thofe leading diligent Mem- 
bers (ii), who had made an Agree- 
ment to entertain the Society with a 
Philofjophical Difcourfe at their Meet- 
ings, that fo the Burden might not 
lie on tv/o or three, or a few Mem- 
bers only. Which Requeft Mr. Ray 
readily complied with, and accord- 
ingly fent him a Difcourfe concerning 
Seedsy and the fpecijick Differences 
(10) See the Pbilofophical Letters before mea^ 
tioned, p. 147 — 8. 
(11) See p. 126 — 7, of the aforefaid Philo- 
fophical Letters. 
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