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whom this consolation Is denied ! who feel a doubt 

 whether the fatal event has merely exemplified the limited 

 efficacy of art, or has been owing to their ovvn ignorance or 

 incompetence ! 



These matters have, however, been already treated with 

 such just feeling, and such persuasive eloquence, by my 

 ingenious and most estimable Colleague *, that I desist, 

 apprehensive that by going on I should only weaken the 

 effect'of his forcible appeals. My distinguished Coadjutor 

 spoke of his excursions into the field of comparative ana- 

 tomy, as if they required explanation or apology. By 

 making man the principal object of my Lectures, Thave 

 imitated him, in deviating apparently from the precise 

 course marked out by our superiors. I wish I could have 

 presented to you as effectual an excuse as he did, in the 

 bold and novel views, the striking thoughts, the acute 

 remarks, and the beautiful language of his interesting 

 discourses ! 



I shall be satisfied, however. Gentlemen! if you will 

 accord to me the humbler merits — of Industry, in collecting 

 materials; patience, in arranging, combining, and reflecting 

 on tliem ; fidelity and independence in exhibiting to youj 

 precisely as they appeared to my mind, the inferences and 

 deductions that resulted from the whole. 



To the Court, to the Members of this College, and to 

 my other hearers, I am much indebted for their patient at- 

 tention to fifteen long Lectures, during the extraordinary 

 heats of this Bengal summer ! particularly in the oppres- 

 sive atmosphere of tliis unventllated theatre, and at a time 

 of day when, in such seasons, living beings seem almost 

 instinctively to seek repose. 



Gentlemen ! I thank you very sincerely ; and I wish 

 you every success and happiness in the honourable practice 

 of your profession. 



* Ant. Carlisle, Esq, 



C. Smith, l*rinter, ItiS, Sljaiid, London, 



