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for the purpose. They are plain, without the encum- 

 brance of ornamental columns, pilasters, and all the 

 rubbish that usually disfigures museums, and are lighted 

 from the side, which is obviously the best mode of 

 lighting. 



The anatomical and pathological preparations are 

 good, and being fresh and neatly put up, look exceed- 

 ingly well. There are a few good skeletons of animals, 

 and a number of excellent casts and models of 

 cutaneous diseases, etc. These models are inferior 

 only to those of Guy's Hospital, if indeed they be so. 

 The person who makes them is Mr. W. Tuson, anatomical 

 modeller, King's College. The stands of the skeletons 

 are tolerable, but as usual they are deficient in uni- 

 formity. I have seen none at all approaching to our 

 own in neatness and just proportion. 



I had a note from Mr. Stanley to Mr. Partridge, 

 and that gentleman, the curator, and the modeller 

 were very attentive to me. The numbering is on 

 the lower part of the bottles : black figures on a 

 white ground. 



On leaving King's College I went to the Excise 

 Office, whence Mr. Linning accompanied me to 

 Bartholomew's Hospital, where I found Mr. Stanley, 

 and had the remarkables pointed out by the keeper 

 of the Museum. 



It is small for such an establishment, in a single 

 oblong apartment lighted from the roof. There is 

 a narrow gallery. The cases are open, run along the 



