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As in his " Companion to the Liverpool Museum " of 1 809, so 

 in the "Companion to the London Museum" of 1812, Bullock 

 gives a list of the " Names of the Ladies and Gentlemen who 

 have presented curiosities to the Museum." Among the names 

 of these donors are those of " Her Majesty " ; H.R.H. the Princess 

 Charlotte of Wales, T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of York, 

 Lady Banks and Sir Joseph Banks, Capt. Barrow, H.G. The 

 Duke of Bedford, J. Bullock (Surinam), General Davies, John 

 Francillon, the late B. Gurney of Norwich, J. Irby of Britwell 

 House, Maidenhead, A. B. Lambert, V.P. Linnean Society, W. B. 

 Leach, Sir John Leicester of Tabley, Mrs. Mawe, Mrs. Polito 

 (Exeter Change), Jonathan Salt of Sheffield, Dr. J. E. Smith, 

 President of the Linnean Society, Mr. Sowerby, Lord Stanley, 

 M.P. (Knowsley). 



In contrast to the " Companion to the Liverpool Museum " of 

 1809, which commences with a description of the "Curiosities," 

 the "Companion to the London Museum" of 1812 commences 

 with the Natural History specimens. 



The number of species exhibited has very largely increased 

 since 1809, but the descriptive notes of the last edition are 

 reproduced, save that when Bullock foi'merly spoke of a specimen 

 having been sent "to the Proprietor of this Museum," he speaks, 

 in 1812, of the identical specimen as having been sent "to me." 



Bullock was his own auctioneer, and prefaced his Sale- 

 Catalogue with an " Address " of three pages, which is somewhat 

 amusing reading, as, for instance, when he deplores that the 

 size of the collection renders it impossible for the Proprietor 

 to "publish the whole of the Auction Catalogue, with that 

 descriptive accuracy which the subject requires, in time for 

 the requisite circulation previous to the commencement of the 

 sale, etc. 



" In submitting the whole of this valuable collection to the 

 hammer, without the smallest reserve or purchasing in, either 

 directly or indirectly, Mr. Bullock trusts to the liberality of the 

 Public, and confidently expects to receive a fair remuneration 

 for the articles which now compose the London Museum ; a 

 collection, which is the result of thirty years of unremitting 

 attention, under the auspices of the most scientific characters, 

 not only in this country, but in various other parts of the world ; 

 and which has been formed at an expense considerably exceeding 

 £30,000. 



" As many of the articles of Natural History in this Museum 

 have been collected in several places, and under a variety of 



