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Museum " to Loudon, and in 1812 he published another guide- 

 book to his collection, now called the " London Museum." The 

 title is as follows : — 



A Companion | to | Mr. Bullock's | LONDON MUSEUM 

 I and I Pantherion ; containing | a Brief Description | of 

 upwards of fifteen thousand | Natural and Foreign Curio- 

 sities, I Antiquities, | and | Productions of the Fine Arts, 

 I collected during seventeen Years of arduous Research, and | 



at an Expense of \ Thirty Thousand Pounds ; | and 



now open for Public Inspection in the | Egyptian 

 Temple, | just erected for its reception, in ] Piccadilly, 

 London, | opposite the end of Bond Street; | by W"* 

 Bullock, I Fellow of the Linnean Society, and Honorary 

 Member of | the Dublin Society. | [Then follows Beattie's 

 verse, " Nature ! " etc.] The Twelfth Edition. | Printed 

 for the Proprietor, j 1812. 



It will be noticed that he now states that his Museum had 

 cost him £30,000, being £10,000 more than was stated in 1809. 

 In the " Address " which takes the place of the " Preface " of 

 1809, "Mr. Bullock respectfully begs leave to solicit the atten- 

 tion and patronage of the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, to 

 an Establishment for the advancement of the Science of Natural 

 History, which in magnitude and expense, he presumes, is un- 

 paralelled, as the work of an individual." 



' ' The very flattering and general approbation which honoured 

 the exhibition of his Museum on its first opening in a temporary 

 situation in London, was a convincing proof that his future 

 efforts for the extension and improvement of the Collection 

 would be duly appreciated. His exertions to obtain articles of 

 rarity and interest have, therefore, been unceasing. In most 

 depai'tments, the subjects have been doubled in number ; the 

 specimens are choice, in the highest possible preservation, and 

 are arranged according to the Linnean system. They consist of 

 about Fifteen Thousand species of Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, 

 Fishes, Insects, Shells, Corals, etc., etc., collected during twenty 

 years of unwearied application, and at an expense exceeding 

 thirty thousand pounds. 



" In adapting the edifice which Mr. Bullock has just completed 

 for his present Collection, by displaying it advantageously for 

 the Study of the Naturalist, the Instruction of the Curious, and 

 the Amusement of those who are delighted in viewing; the 



