64 MEMOIR OF JOHN HUN'TF-R. 



be was engaged in service in various parts of the 

 world, during which time he procured and transmitted 

 to Mr Hunter many interesting objects of natural 

 history; and now he returned to afford him still moie 

 immediate aid. 



Nor was Mr Home the only individual to whose 

 active personal aid Mr Hunter was indebted. Among 

 various other individuals, the names of Mr Bell and 

 Mr Andrfe deserve to be particularly mentioned. In 

 the course of his pursuits Mr Hunter met with many 

 parts of animals where the natural appearances could 

 not be preserved ; hence the importance of having 

 correct drawings of such subjects taken. The ex- 

 pense of employing professed artists, the difficulty of 

 procuring them, and the disadvantage under which 

 they laboured in being ignorant of the subject they 

 were to represent, made him desirous of having an 

 able person in his house entirely for that purpose. 

 With this view, he, so early as 1 775, entered into 

 an engagement for ten years with Mr Bell, an inge- 

 nious young artist, who agreed to live with him, 

 and devote his whole time to drawing and making 

 anatomical preparations. Mr Bell soon became a 

 good practical anatomist, and was thus enabled to 

 give a striking and accurate delineation of the sub- 

 jects presented to his pencil. By his labours, Mr 

 Hunter's collection is enriched with many valuable 

 drawings, and a great variety of curious anatomical 

 preparations. After working for fourteen years wiU; 

 Mr Hunter, and obtaining his surgical diploma, M< 



