320 Letters of Mr. Ray, &c:

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( a ) Mr. Ray to Mr. Derham.

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1 Received yours of April the 24th'last past, for which I return youThanks, and First, for your Approba-tion of such Books as I have pub-lished, tliough I dare not own anysuch Worth in them,' as to deserveso good an Opinion as you or othersmay have conceived of them. How-ever, the more unmerited such Com-mendation is, the more Thanks I oweYou and Them for it.

2. For that particular and exactAccount you have given me of the

(a) The Original is thus endorsed by Dr. Der-ham> “ Received this May the 8th, 1702.”

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