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Tunstals industry to skim over only his own 

 remarks wou'd take a much longer time than I 

 can possibly spare he has not only put down 

 every thing that came under his own observation 

 on the habits & propensities of Animals &c. with 

 numberless Anecdotes but he has also quoted 

 every thing that he thou't curious from other 

 Authors he has not even forgot Beilby & 

 Bewicks Quads. & has discover'd all that we call 

 new in our Book & has placed the Cuts along 

 with his remarks : What a treasure woud his 

 remarks be of to us we wou'd nead but little 

 besides to enable us to give a new Hisfy of 

 Birds if we cou'd get the loan of them I shall 

 do every thing in my power to get them he 

 has also a great number of well colour'd Birds 

 placed in along with his own observations I 

 have look'd thro' Edwards, Buffon, Albin, Pennant, 

 Lewen, Catesby, Brown & many others the grandest 

 Editions all colour'd and I find that Edwards & 

 Buffon are the only Books that will be worth any 

 thing to us I mean for the figures, which are 

 generally extreemly well done, & indeed I think 

 better to copy than the stufifd Birds here. I can 

 only pay attention to the Beak & plumage they 

 are so distorted & unnaturaley stuck up that, as 

 faithfull representations of them as I can do, appear 

 stiff as a poker* (as the Museum is to be soldf 

 I wou'd not like to have it said that we said any 

 thing slighting of it.) The Museum besides being 

 stock'd with above 800 Birds, contains also a num- 

 ber of other things Beasts, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects 



[* Here in the letter follows a characteristic little sketch of a bird.] 

 [f See note to p. 163.] 



