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Insecta. Coleoptera 1153 



Hemiptera 315 



Neuroptera 66 



Lepidoptera 923 



Hymenoptera 362 



Di'ptera 266 



Aptera 113 



Total 3198 



Couehylia 1564 



Minerals, in two Cabinets 2424 



Birds in glass boxes 45 



Birds' beaks — 



Eisbes, on card 158 



Fishes, in spirit — 



Corallia, in large number, but not counted. 

 Mammalia 



After some enquiries as to customs, insurance, &c., Acrel 

 proposes to entrust the collections to a trustworthy seaman, 

 Captain Browell, who sails between London and Stockiiolm 

 once or twice a year. He further requests permission to pur- 

 chase eight English v/orks which he names, as being difRcult to 

 procure in Sweden ; and gives this extract from one of two 

 letters which he had recently received from Bibthorp : — " If I am 

 not too late to become a purchaser, I will immediately, on the 

 receipt o£ your answer, set off for Upsal." He had replied that 

 he was in treaty already for the disposal of the collections to 

 another. The difficulty of j^acking the collections, particularly 

 the insects, so as to obviate damage in transit, is the last part of 

 the letter. 



Acrel acknowledged the receipt of the first portion of the 

 purchase money on 13th July, 1784. 



On August 31st, 1784, Smith wrote to his father: — " ... it is 

 now unnecessary for us to trouble our friends any further about 

 the Custom-house business, for I went there yesterday and was 

 told that an order had come from the Treasury that everything 

 except the books should be admitted and delivered to me without 

 duty, or any charges whatever. I was at the same time assured 

 that every attention possible should be shown me, and the 

 greatest care taken that nothing should be injured. I am 

 principally obliged to Sir John Jervis for this indulgence, and I 

 understand it is almost a singular instance." 



Sir John Jervis was at this time one of the members for Great 



