I 
36 'The 'Ll? v. of Mr. RAY. 
be of Service to Mankind. ’ And 
among other virtuous Employments, 
one he much delighted in was the 
fearching after, and defcribing of, 
Animals ( Birds ^ Beafis.^ Fifjes., and 
InfeSis which Province he had taken 
for his Talk, as Mr. Raj had that of 
Plants. And in thefe Matters he 
was a great Mafter, as he was alfo in 
Plants.^ FoJJilsy and, in fliort, the whole 
HiJlorj of Nature ; to which I may 
add that of Coins, and moft other 
curious Parts of Learning. And in 
the Purfuit and Acqueft of this 
Knowledge he ftuck neither at any 
Labour or Coft. Noble Monuments 
of which he left behind him, in thole 
pofthumous Pieces which Mr. Raj 
afterwards publilhed ; of which I 
fhall have Occalion to fpeak here- 
after. 
There 
