Letter 1298

[fol. 263] North Bierley Dec.24 718 Dear Sir After soe long silence, I take the freedome to assure you of my best service & have by Mary Wellis a Bradford Carier this day sent you a Box of such naturell [?] as I could pick up nigh this please some of which I hope may be worth your notice, in the Box you wil find the Skin of a Hare of a very sensnell coloun alsoe the Case of a Wooduck of as odd a coloure alsoe A eyulus cristalus Adnocand Sometimes to be not with here motenille listria mar of fimine not infrequent in the spring time in our stny Banter, monhforigila, prety fregned though not much taken notice of a small long [?] water foul wich I can not meet with in any Ornithologist I have, the skins of gerulus Bohemians, & Lenius linerius minor were destroyed by the Ratts the first sometimes met with there in winter, the later in sumer, some odd varietys of controchi which though prety Amm in someplaces nigh up to my admiration I could never yet in any place have any me radix some fragments of the [?] arrows at Burrowbidge by which you wil believe [?] to be natural stones. I sometimes meet with Mr Thoresby who is always very inquisitive after you (your) health I have not faile to collect for you such curiositys as I cant yet meet with here & of one own siruge you shall have from my service to Mr [?] & I sent him some dried [?] your friend [?] servant Ric: Richardson