14 LECTURE I. 



mercial nation, we visit every part of the 

 world ; and have opportunities of bringing 

 home whatever is rare and curious in Com- 

 parative Anatomy. But to know the wants 

 of the Museum, it is necessary thatwe should 

 know what it contains, and also the general 

 desiderata in this department of science. 

 The latter may be learned from the syste- 

 matic books lately published, and both will 

 be shown by the lecture^ of my brother 

 professor, whose extensive and accurate 

 knowledge of Comparative Anatomy, as 

 well as of other subjects connected with 

 medical science, cannot but greatly redound 

 to the credit of his industry, comprehension, 

 and capacity. 



Gratitude to the former of the Museum, 

 and also to the donors of it, equally de- 

 mand that its value and excellence should 

 be publicly acknowledged and displayed ; 

 which consideration has goaded me on to 

 undertake and imperfectly to execute a 

 task, for which I feel myself not properly 

 qualifial. It is my design, on the present 



