MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 69 



the papers ; though they are still preserved in its 

 Archives. 



The breach thus made was too wide to be healed. 

 William Hunter survived for three years, but it does 

 not appear that the brothers ever again met on 

 friendly terms. At his death, Dr Hunter, though 

 fully aware of his brother's embarrassments, did not 

 leave him a single shilling of his splendid foitune; 

 nay, he conveyed to a more distant relation, the fa- 

 mily property of Long Calderwood, and allowed his 

 brother no share in the superintendence of his 

 museum. To the honour of the late Dr Baillie, the 

 nephew of the brothers, and the residuary legatee, 

 it ought to be recorded, that he lost no time in con- 

 veying the family estate, as well as the lands of Kil- 

 bride, to Mr John Hunter. 



Dr Hunter's last illness having been protracted 

 for about ten days, John availed himself of the op- 

 portunity to ask permission to visit the dying bed of 

 his only brother, patron, and instructor, and the re- 

 quest was complied with ; but we have it not in our 

 power to state that there was any mutual explanation 

 or hearty reconciliation. The survivor felt the part- 

 ing scene most severely. The melancholy event oc- 

 curred just at the conclusion of his course of lec- 

 tures ; and circumstances having led him to allude 

 to it in the class, an eye-witness informs us that Mi 

 Hunter seemed to finish, yet to have more to say ; 

 at length appearing as if he had just recollected 

 something, he began, " Ho ! Gentlemen, one thing 



