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in spirits, in a dried state, or corroded, there is a 

 considerable number of very valuable drawings of 

 those subjects which could not well be preserved. 



This sketch will give an idea, but a very inade- 

 quate one, of tbe system which is comprehended in 

 Mr Hunter's collection. It also includes a very 

 large series of whole animals in spirits, arranged ac- 

 cording to their internal structure, and many of the 

 most rare specimens of preserved animals in tkis 

 country, as the cameleopard, guanaco, hippopotamus, 

 tapir, argus-pheasant, &c. &c. 



There is also a series of skulls of different animals, 

 to shew their peculiarities : and skeletons of almost 

 every known genus of animals. There is a large 

 collection of shells and insects ; a prodigious number 

 of calculi of different sorts from the urinary and 

 gall bladders, the stomach, and intestinal canal. 

 There are also the most uncommon deviations from 

 the natural structure, both in man and other ani- 

 mals : the most extraordinary specimens of this kind 

 are a double human skull perfectly formed, the one 

 upon the top of the other, and*a double uterus, one 

 portion of which is in the impregnated state. There 

 is also one of the largest and most select collections 

 of extraneous fossils that can be seen in this coun- 

 try. 



