90 MEMORIAL TRIBUTE 



On Monday before ten I called on Dr. INIackintyre, 

 to whom I had a letter from Dr. W. Thomson, and who 

 gave me an order for the Zoological Gardens. He in- 

 formed me that there are no anatomical or pathological 

 collections in Liverpool, and that, being engaged, he 

 could not at present accompany me anywhere. So I went 

 to the Royal Institution, where I met with Dr. iNIurray 

 and his brother, the former being engaged in delivering 

 a course of lectures on geology. These gentlemen, 

 with great kindness, showed me the INIuseum, which is 

 contained in a singularly ill-disposed suite of apartments. 

 The disposition, however, is worse as to effect than as to 

 the distribution of the articles. There is an extensive 

 collection of rocks and minerals, generally ])retty good, 

 the former deficient in character and uniformity. They 

 are placed in square trays or boxes and are arranged in 

 glazed tables, but they are by no means neatly disposed. 

 The fossils are numerous and generally good. Quad- 

 rupeds, iU-stufi^ed — birds, wretched. There is not one 

 specimen in a characteristic attitude, but they are pretty 

 numerous. A painting by ^iudubon of the wild turkey, 

 good. A portrait of Dr. Traill, not more Uke than it 

 should be. Ancient paintings from Roscoe's collection ; 

 cast of antique statues ; Ognia and Elgin marbles. 



I am of opinion that the College of Surgeons of 

 Edinburgh ought by all means to obtain casts of the 

 Apollo Belvidere, Diana, Venus de IVIedicis, and a few 

 others as specimens of the perfect form of the human 

 body. There are a few Florentine wax casts ; a con- 

 siderable collection of skeletons and skulls of mammalia 



