lege to bring in their Difcoveries, the Part you 
have borne yourfelf by imparting curious and ufe- 
ful Papers, and the conftant Care you are pleafed 
to take of all their Affairs ; are the moft con- 
vincing Proofs of your Zeal and Affe&ion for the 
Royal Society, and of their Happinefs, in having 
made Choice of a Perfon in all Refpetfts fo qua- 
lified to fill their Chair; whereby they have the 
Satisfa&ion of feeing themfelves flourifh more 
and more, and Arts and Sciences continually 
encouraged, under the Protedlion of a Gentle- 
man univerfally acquainted with all the Branches 
of Learning, which are the Obje&s of their Pur- 
fuits and Inquiries. Give me Leave, Sir, to make 
this public Acknowlegement, and at the fame 
time to record my own Gratitude for the many 
Favours and Inftances of Friendfhip you .have 
conferred upon, 
Honoured SIR , 
Dartmouth fty-eet) Tour mo[i obedient and 
Wejtniinfier ^ J 
Nov . 26 . 1744. Moft humble Servant , 
Cromwell Morti me r, M . D . 
Secretary to the Royal Society, and 
Fellow of the Royal College 
of Physicians, 
