325 Letters Ray, 
(^) Mr. Ray to Mr. Derham. 
Sir,' 
I Received yours of April the 24th 
laft paft, for which I return you 
Thanks, andFirft, for your Approba- 
tion of fuch Books as I have pub- 
lifhed, though I dare not own any 
fuch Worth in them, as to deferve 
fo good an Opinion as you or others 
niay have conceived of them. How- 
ever, the. more unmerited fuch Com- 
mendation is, the more Thanks I owe 
You and Them for it. 
2. For that particular and exadt 
Account you have given me of the 
(a) The Original is thus endorfed by Dr. 'Der- 
ham \ ‘‘ Received this the 8th, 1702.” 
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