70 He Life of Mr. RAY. 
Labours, and began to be much 
plealed with the Thoughts of it : 
But at the fame Time Rauwolff\ 
Havels were thought worthy of be- 
ing tranflated into Englijh., and printed. 
The Occafion of which was, That 
Rauwolff., being a very judicious asi 
well as curious Traveller, and having 
written his Travels in High Dutch., 
and his Book being grown very fcarce, 
-Sir Hans Shane, Captain Hatton, 
and fome other conhderable Virtuo- 
fos, procured the Book from the 
Royal Society (few belides having it), 
and got Mr. Staphorfl to tranhate it 
into Englijh. But it not being 
thought proper to truft the Matter 
wholly to him, it was agreed to get 
Mr. Ray to revife and correft the 
Tranflation (19), and to add a Cata- 
(19) See the 'Philofophical Letters above quoted 
p. 2663 
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