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surrounding seas. But he had neither 

 time nor opportunity for the collection and 

 display of those facts which doubtless he 

 constantly accumulated. He returned to 

 England, his mind teeming with know- 

 ledge, and full of great designs ; determin- 

 ing to display the structure, and investigate 

 the functions of living beings in general, 

 both in the states of health and disease. 

 With what extreme and unabating industry 

 he wrought at this great work, his bio- 

 grapher has also told us ; he allowed him- 

 self but five hours daily rest, during the 

 remainder of his life. His mornings were 

 passed in the Museum, and his days in 

 constant experiments and dissections. 



His object in forming the Museum was 

 simple ; it was to display the anatomical 

 facts which were the ground-work of his 

 physiological opinions ; to exhibit the 

 visible means, by which the vital processes 

 were carried on, in all the varieties of 

 living beings, that came within his cogni- 

 zance. Mr. Hunter's biographer has told 

 us how anxiously he sought for sources of 



