59. To that Curlous Prefervcr of ali Natural and Artlficial Raritics Myti 
Uter LEVINUS VINCENT ac . ^.mjierdam^ I am vcry tnuchobliged 
fbr diversadmirable Infetfshe hatb Iately fent me. 
30. Mr. THOMAS WALKER. This Generous Gentleman, at the 
defire of my kind Friend Mr. ROI 5 ERT E L LIS, hath lately fent me 
Specimens of the Brafilctto Wood , and fome other Tues and Plants from New 
Providencc. one of the Bahama Ijlands .* for which I am extreamly obliged 
to him, and for his kind Promi fes ot greater Performantes, by the next 
and all Opportunities. 
31. Madam WILLIAMS. ThL* Gcntltwajnan , tho altogether a 
$tranger, was Io kind as to iend me feveral Curious Infeci s % efpecially But- 
terfiies , which ihe had obferved about her Relidencc in Cardina . Thefe 
my hearty Friend Major WILLIAM HALSTEAD broughc me with 
feveral Cariofities of his own colle&ing, as r lanis t Shelis fice. 
32. A certain Caricus Perfcn , whofe Name at prefent I am obliged to 
conccal, hath fent me, from Cardina , feveral Planis of that Councry with 
his Remarks on them. 
What is irioft Curious in thefe Colleclions and fome ochers, which, for 
want of room here, I muft refer to another opportunity $ fhall be Figurcd 
in the third L ecade ( my fecond being juft finifhed) of my GAZO- 
PHYLACIUM NATURE fi: ARTIS, with what elfe is 
nncommon, either in Nature or *Arr t that ihall be communicated to 
From my Honfe in Alderfgate- Your humble Servant, 
ftreet, L 0 N D 0 N. Jan. 9 
16. 1703. 
James Peti ver. 
L 0 N D 0 N: 
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