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MEMOIR OF 
that University ; by which means, he obtained 
introductions to all the learned of that neighbour- 
hood. Being delighted with the attentions he 
received from Monsieur Magnol, the professor of 
botany, whose herbarizing excursions in the 
neighbourhood he always attended, he parted 
from his two companions, who continued their 
travels in Italy, while he remained for a twelve- 
month collecting plants ; and then, pursuing 
the same occupation as he travelled through 
Languedoc, he returned to Paris by way of 
Thoulouse and Bourdeaux. After a short residence 
in the metropolis, he set out for England in the 
latter end of 1684, with an intent to settle and 
follow his profession, having, it is believed, taken 
his degree of M.D. at Montpelier. 
Soon after his return to London, he became 
acquainted with the celebrated Dr Sydenham, 
in whose family he became domesticated, and 
was by him introduced to professional practice. 
On the 26th November, 1684, he was proposed 
by Dr Martin Lister, as a candidate for the Royal 
Society, of which he was elected a member on 
the 21st of January following. From this time, 
he became a regular attendant on and frequent 
contributor to the society; so that, in July the 
same year, he was a competitor for the office of 
their assistant secretary, but Dr Halley was the 
