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The temptation was strong to attend other courses of 

 fcures, and I attempted it ; but soon found that I must 

 >nfine my attention mainly to my own pursuits, and there- 



I relinquished all, except two extraneous courses, which 



II presently name. 



I attended an introductory lecture of Dr. Benjamin 

 sh, and had the satisfaction of identifying his person 

 manner, and I occasionally met him in society. His 



>ice was musical, his person and features pleasing, and 

 his diction clear and emphatic. Alluding to the use of the 

 lancet in yellow fever, he called it in his lecture, that 

 " magnum donitm Dei. " 



Dr. Barton was a learned professor of materia medico, 

 and Botany, and his name is perpetuated in several valu- 

 able works. He was also a proficient in natural history 

 generally, and he offered a private course I think on 

 zoology. This I attended in the evening, and was enter- 

 tained and instructed. After the course had advanced far 

 enough to make illustrations from specimens instructive, 

 our Professor one evening remarked to us, that it would 

 be desirable to visit Peale's Museum, which was rich in 

 preserved specimens of animals, birds, reptiles, &c. The 

 week being filled with lectures, Dr. Barton proposed that 

 we should go, by special permission of Mr. Peale, on Sun- 

 day, as tli at was a day of leisure, and then we should 

 not be interfered with by the usual visiting company. The 

 proposition was no sooner made than it was adopted by 

 general silent consent. With some hesitancy I rose, and 

 in the most respectful terms stated that I regretted to in- 

 terfere with the wishes or convenience of the Professor and 

 the class, but that for myself I had other occupations on 

 the day proposed, and if that were to be the time, I must 

 lose the instruction. After a moment's pause, the Pro- 

 fessor named Saturday afternoon, which was adopted. A 

 few days after, when passing down Market Street, I met a 

 Dr. Parish, a young Quaker physician, who caught me by 



