'The L I F E Mr. RAY. 19 
to England., where he arrived about 
the Beginning of March, 1665-6. 
How he fpent his Time after his 
Arrival in his own Country, may 
be feen in a Letter of his to Dr. Lif- 
ter, of June the i8th, 1667, in 
which he faith, For my own Part, I 
cannot boafi of many Dfcoveries made 
the lajl Year, fave of mine own Er- 
rors. After I took my Leave of you 
at Cambridge, I divided the Remain- 
der of the Rummer between Effex and 
Suflex, vfting feveral Friends. My 
fpare Hours 1 be flowed in reading over 
fuch Books of Natural Pbilofophy as 
came out fince my being abroad, viz. 
Mr. Hookh Micrographia, Mr. 
Boyle’j Ufefulnefs of Natural Philo- 
fophy, Origine of Forms, Hydrojla- 
ticaTParadoxes, Sydenham de Febri- 
bus, the- Philofophical TranfaBions, 
C 2 the 
