Numbers 136 (tt. 655-59) and 137 (tt. 660-64) which com- 

 pleted the work, are not referred to in the Monthly Magazine, and 

 only one — 657 — is dated (1812). The concluding part was not 

 issued before 1814, as the last plate was drawn in March of that 

 year : Lowndes (ed. Bohn) gives 1815 as the final date for the work, 

 and probably had some sufticient reason for this. It will thus be 

 seen that the tenth volume (tt. 609-664) extended over at least 

 five years, and there are other indications, such as the increase in 

 price, that during that period the Bei)ository was in a moribund 

 condition. 



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When my former note was written, I was of opinion that 

 Andrews himself had little part in the descriptive portion of the 

 work. A careful examination of the whole, how^ever, leads to the 

 conclusion that, save for not inconsiderable exceptions to be 



