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and minerals was purchased for 730/., and afterwards presented 

 to the Institution. 



" M. Muller had been introduced to the Institution, at its 

 origin, by honourable testimonials from Mr. Conybeare, and 

 from Professors Jameson, Buckland, and Sedgwick. 6 To 

 an active and strong understanding,' to use the words of the 

 committee in their report to the eighth Annual Meeting, 

 6 he united patient accuracy of observation and research, and 

 an ingenuity of discovery founded on both, the valuable fruits 

 of which are recorded in publications which will honourably 

 perpetuate his name in the annals of natural history/ His 

 work on the Crinoidea has given him a high rank among the 

 scientific contributors to the knowledge of nature ; and it was 

 one strong inducement to secure his collection, that it contains 

 the specimens on which his system is founded. The appeal to 

 the friends of the Institution, signed by e Henry Beeke, 

 Richard Bright, vice-presidents, and S. S. Wayte, honorary 

 secretary/ rested further, on the freedom of access which the 

 Institution affords to all who desire to inspect its stores, the 

 extensive and important nature of its mineralogical depart- 

 ment, and the completeness which, by such an accession, this 

 will attain ; ' and it concluded by expressing the opinion, 

 'that the depositing of such a collection, as a whole, in an 

 Institution with which M. Muller had been connected, 

 would be a deserved honour to a scientific naturalist, and 

 an encouragement to those who are engaged in similar 

 pursuits.' 



"M. Muller died May 25. 1830, having filled the office 

 of curator from April 30. 1823. In the August of 1831, it 

 was intrusted to Mr. Samuel Stutchbury, who had long been 

 connected with the museum of the College of Surgeons ; and 

 by skill in preparing osteological and other specimens, dis- 

 criminative accuracy, talent for lucid arrangement, clearness 

 and precision in elucidation, and zealous interest in the objects 

 of his trust, he has been enabled to promote the welfare of 

 the Institution, and to carry on its purposes, to the full satis- 

 faction of the body with which he is connected. In various 

 instances his name appears among the contributors to the 

 museum — a short time ago, in connexion with a very interest- 

 ing, rare, and instructive specimen of the recent pentacrinite ; 

 while, by his connexions with other scientific persons, he has 

 contributed to that intercommunication which is so service- 

 able for the purposes of knowledge. One of his provisions 

 for the resources of the Bristol Institution should be noticed, 

 as likely to be useful to other similar establishments. The 

 commercial relations of this city, and the spirit of many of 



