SO MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER 



merits were of a superior order. These, with his 

 native endowments, gave him a facility of expression, 

 and a most happy choice of words, joined to a talent 

 for demonstration never to be exceeded. Whether 

 from an originally correct ear, a refined taste, or the 

 early society in which he mingled, his dialect had all 

 the polish of the southern metropolis, with enough 

 of the northern accent to strike and yet to please. 

 His person, though small, was graceful his cast of 

 features regular and interesting his voice musical 

 his manners attentive and flattering. In short, 

 Dr Hunter was a polite scholar, an accomplished 

 gentleman, a complete anatomist, and probably the 

 most perfect demonstrator, as well as lecturer, the 

 world had ever seen. 



When his younger brother arrived in London, Dr 

 Hunter entered upon the delightful task of instruct- 

 ing a scholar every way worthy of him diligent, 

 orderly, inquisitive, and of quick apprehension it 

 could not but add to his gratification that such a 

 disciple was his near relation ; and we can easily be- 

 lieve that their mutual satisfaction remained un- 

 broken, so long as the elder might consider every 

 discovery made under his eye, and in his premises, 

 as his own property. But the relative position ol 

 the parties could not always continue to answer this 

 description. The scholar became the equal, if not 

 the superior, of his instructor; and as often as he 

 ventured to offer a well-founded opinion in contra- 

 diction to, or even in anticipation of, his master, 

 a trial of temper must have ensued a trial which 



