MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 63 



of the animals he had collected in his voyage round 

 the World. To his friend the Honourable Sir 

 Charles Greville, Mr Walsh, and many others, he 

 was also under particular obligations ; and thus Mr 

 Hunter lost no opportunity of turning his high cele- 

 brity to the best possible advantage. If any thing 

 of importance happened within the range of Compa- 

 rative Anatomy, Mr Hunter was sure to be apprized 

 of it. If a mummy were to be examined, or a body 

 to be embalmed ; if any curious structure was dis- 

 covered, or if any thing strange in nature attracted 

 attention, Mr Hunter's services were applied for, 

 and were readily granted. Possessing such oppor- 

 tunities, and obtaining materials from such varied 

 sources, standing nearly alone in this branch of 

 science, no new animal was brought into the coun- 

 try which was not shewn him ; very many were given 

 him ; and of those which were for sale, he commonly 

 had the refusal. Under these circumstances his 

 collection made a progress which would otherwise 

 have been impossible. 



It was at this time that Sir Everard Home, then 

 a young man, and staff-surgeon just returned from 

 foreign service, attached himself to the fortunes of 

 Mr Hunter, and adhered to him with a pertinacity 

 which increased with their years, and terminated 

 only with Mr Hunter's life. Sir Everard was his 

 brother-in-law. The year after Mr Hunter's mar- 

 riage, Everard became his pupil, continuing with hw 

 for six years. For a period of six years thereafter 



