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moft refpe&ful compliments to Lord Macclesfield 
and the reft of the lords and gentlemen, 
I remain, Sir, 
Colcheter, May Your very obedient 
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humble fervant, 
Charles Gray. 
CIV. An Account of a remarkable Foffil , in 
a Letter from Edward Wright, M. D. to 
Mr. Peter Gollinfon, F. R. S. 
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Read June 3, "T HAVE profited of the occafion of Sir 
1 75 6 * Thomas Webb’s going to England, 
tcf'fend you the draught of a pretty curious fofiil,. 
which you will probably receive about the time that 
this comes to hand. This fofiil I difcovered in a 
marble table, in an. inn at Ghent, in a tour I made 
about a month ago to Bruges, and fome other parts 
of thefe countries, in company with our ingenious 
and worthy friend Mr. Needham. This table, the 
Landlord told us, he purchafed at the fale of an an- 
cient family in the neighbourhood, and faid he be- 
lieved the marble was of this country, though he 
could not be certain. 
The fofiil is what is called by naturalifts Qrthoce - 
ratites , and is one of thofe, which I think is never 
found in its recent ftate. They are, I believe, very 
rare in England. This is by much the largeft I 
have 
