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MEMOIR of 
with Witichius, a German ; and afterwards, 
with Marcgrave, brother of the author of the 
Natural History of Brazil. During the college 
vacations, he visited Utrecht and Amsterdam ; 
and in September, 1661, he quitted Leyden, 
through Dort, to Zealand, and by way of West 
Flanders to Calais ; from thence to Rouen ; and 
so to Paris. Here he continued his studies for 
nine months, and proceeded to Angiers, remain- 
ing there a month for the purpose of taking his 
degree of M.D.* Having obtained this, he went 
to Orleans, and then down the Loire to Angiers, 
stopping at Ambois, Blois, Tours, and Somoeur, 
on his way ; and then back by way of Chartres to 
Paris. After a very short sojourn here, he set off 
for England, through Rouen to Dieppe, and landed 
at Eastborne in Sussex. He lost his father while 
he was in Holland. 
Three months he devoted to the examination 
of London and its neighbourhood, and then pro- 
ceeded by coach to York ; north of which city, 
there appears at that time to have been no public 
conveyances for the accommodation of travellers, 
as it was necessary for him to hire from thence 
horses and a guide to Newcastle. He was so well 
satisfied with them, that he continued them on to 
Edinburgh, taking the route of Jedburgh and 
Melrose, arriving at the Scottish metropolis, 
* Diploma dated July 17, 1662. 
