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respecting life which incited him to enqui- 

 ries bj which he has been able to supply 

 the deficient facts, so as to establish his 

 conjectures, or convert his hypothesis into 

 a theory. 



Mr. Hunter seems to have put us into 

 a right path, and every step we take our 

 prospects become more enlarged and dis- 

 tinct, and we evidently approximate to the 

 ultimate object which we have in view. 



Whoever duly reflects on the extent of 

 human knowledge and power, cannot but 

 feel an interest in anatomical enquiries ; 

 since he must perceive that it is by means 

 of the organization of the body, the mind 

 acquires all its information, and executes 

 all its purposes. When, however, we en- 

 gage in anatomical enquiries, we find so 

 great a diversity of structure in the different 

 parts of the body ; so great a variety of 

 expedients for affecting certain purposes, 

 all so simple in their nature, yet so ade- 



