MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 65 



Bell obtained an appointment as assistant-surgeon, 

 and went to Sumatra, where he died a year before 

 his first master and patron. 



Mr Andre's connexion with Mr Hunter began 

 at a later period, apparently about 1784. He joined 

 Mr Hunter when already a first-rate anatomist. He 

 was bred in the school of Watson, and seems to have 

 made preparations purely from the admiration of the 

 art. His delight in excellence was such, that he 

 would not allow any undertaking to leave his hands 

 with the possibility of its being improved. His 

 knowledge of natural history, and his modest deport- 

 ment, made him a valuable assistant. 



It was while enjoying such assistants as these, that 

 Mr Hunter, in April 1785, removed his collection to 

 his new museum room in Leicester Square. The 

 ardour with which this arrangement was made, may 

 be illustrated by the following anecdote. One day 

 the late Dr Gartshore finding Mr Hunter very busy 

 in his museum, exclaimed, " Ah ! John, you are al- 

 ways at work." " I am," replied Mr Hunter, " and 

 when I am dead you will not soon meet with another 

 John Hunter/' 



But in the midst of all this occupation and success, 

 Mr Hunter was not without his share of trials and 

 disappointments ; for his prudence was moderate, 

 and his feelings were more than ordinarily acute. 

 He was always a bad economist ; not that he squan- 

 dered his hard earned gains in pleasure or ostenta- 

 tion, but his passion for natural history was ever apt 

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