30 APPENDIX. 



After the circumstance became known, did you make any report to the 

 Trustees?— I first wrote to Dr. Buckland and Mr. Man tell, informing 

 them of the discovery I had made. I have a copy of that letter, which I 

 can produce ; and I afterwards thought it my duty to report the fact to 

 the Trustees, and that report is also in existence. 



Can you produce a copy of that report ? — I have no copy, but the report 

 itself can be produced. 



What was the date of that report ? — I cannot charge my memory. 



Have you had opportunities of examining large collections of Saurian 

 remains from the lias formation ? — I have seen most of the large collec- 

 tions. 



You are aware that it is a very tender and friable formation in which 

 the bones are found ? — Yes. 



Do you think, from the opportunity you have had of examining other 

 collections, that the specimens of Mr. Hawkins are restored in a greater 

 degree than is generally the case ? — That is my impression. 



In selling such articles, is it not usual and fair to specify the artificial 

 reparations that have been made ? — I should have done so. 



Were these specimens sold to the Museum as perfect specimens of Sau- 

 rian remains ? — I do not know ; I have not seen the report. 



You received them as perfect remains ? — I received them merely as re- 

 mains. 



Had you any reason to believe, when you received them, and previous to 

 your examination, that any portion was artificial ? — I never gave it a 

 thought. As soon as I examined them I was sure of it ; but not till then. 

 Restorations were acknowledged by Mr. Hawkins in his publication, such 

 as the restoration of the right paddle. 



Were the whole of the restorations marked in the plate you have alluded 

 to .?— No. 



In that plate was the tail of the specimen introduced ? — No. When I 

 began to compare the specimens with the plates, I found the Ichthyosaurus 

 plate 4, was wanting, which is one of the most interesting specimens, hav- 

 ing the scapulcs in their proper situation. I was alarmed at it, and wrote 

 to Mr. Forshall, who informed me the specimen had been sold by Mr. 

 Hawkins ; but another had been substituted, and that specimen turned out 

 to be the worst of all in point of restoration. 



What authority have you for stating that ? — The specimen was sold be- 

 fore the purchase by the Museum was made. Had the price been less, 

 this would not much signify. 



At page 443 of the Report, there is a copy of another Bri- 

 tish-Museum Minute, in which an allusion is made by Mr. 

 Konig to the specimen substituted by the valuers in the 

 place of plate 4 ; and a portion of which Minute I here ex- 

 tract. 



No. 19. 



MINUTE of Committee, dated 14th March, 1835. 



At a Committee : 



Mr. Konig gave it as his opinion, that the colouring of the re- 

 stored parts of Mr. Hawkins's large Ichthyosaurus^ so as to distinguish them 



