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The above information lias this clay been communicated to Mr. Hawkins 

 under the joint signatures of Mr. Mantell and myself. 



No. 17. 



The Rev. Prof. Buckland, to Thos. Hawkins, Esq. 



Salopian Coffee House, 12th July, 1834. 

 I beg to return your catalogue, and with it enclose the amount 

 of the valuation by Mr. Mantell and myself of your entire (the Editor)' 

 collection of Remains of Sauri. I have sent a duplicate of this valuation 

 to the Trustees of the British Museum, inclosed to the Secretaiy, the Rev. 

 J, Forshall, and through whom your future communications with the 

 Trustees will have to pass. 



I expect a Committee of the Trustees will make application to the 

 Treasury as soon as a new Government is formed ; till then you will pro- 

 bably hear no further of the matter. 



I have much satisfaction in telling you that when Mr. Mantell and my- 

 self compared our separate valuations of the collections engraved in your 

 book, and also of those included in your addition to them, our estimates of 

 the total valuation of each did not differ ten pounds, and that the balance 

 of the difference was given entirely in your favour. 



I trust by the time I come again to London to find the Sauri all lodged 

 safely in the magnificent gallery of the Museum, which is so worthy to 

 receive them. 



I now pass on to a portion of the evidence given by Mr. 

 Konig in his examination before the Committee. 



No. 18. 



Charles Konig, Esq. called in and examined. 



When was it first discovered that some of these fossil skeletons were 

 artificial, and not entirely genuine ? — I discovered it when the large spe- 

 cimen was put up, after the case was finished. I had no opportunity to 

 examine it sooner. 



Had you been consulted, should you have thought it your duty to make 

 a close examination before purchasing? — Certainly. 



Do you know whether Dr. Buckland and Mr. Mantell ascertained that 

 part was artificial? — Dr. Buckland has said he knew it was artificial to a 

 great extent. Had I been present, if Dr. Buckland had told me the spe- 

 cimen was not genuine, I should have considered it my duty to have ex- 

 amined more closely into it; but if Dr. Buckland and Mr. Mantell had 

 said, "all this is genuine," I should perhaps, in deference to their superior 

 knowledge, have given way, and fallen into what I consider the same mis- 

 take. 



You do not mean by that to imply anything affecting the moral charac- 

 ter of Mr. Hawkins the vender, or Dr. Buckland and Mr. Mantell, the 

 parties on whose recommendation the purchase was made, the Trustees as 

 the purchasers, or any of the officers of the Museum? — Certainly not. 

 It could only effect the character of the person who made the reparation, 

 if he had endeavoured to conceal the restoration. If I had been told the 

 specimen was genuine, I might myself have given credit to the assertion. 



* What do the words " the Editor" mean here ? — E. C. 



