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hibitioii of structures correspond to those 

 lately displayed in systematic works ; in 

 which also will be found an arrangement 

 of the animal kingdom, more suited to the 

 purposes of Comparative Anatomy, than 

 that of Linneus. 



In asserting the claims of Mr. Hunter, 

 I should not omit to mention that he was 

 a very candid man, and freely divulged 

 whatever he knew or thought, as far as his 

 powers of communication enabled him. 

 His biographer says, "his disposition was 

 candid and free from reserve, even to a 

 fault ; for it sometimes made him appear 

 harsh." Doctor Hunter, in his Lectures, 

 frequently mentioned his brother's opinions 

 on different physiological subjects. Mr. 

 Hunter himself began to give lectures 

 in the year 1770. Since the year 1785, 

 the preparations in the Museum have 

 been arranged as they now are, and pub- 

 licly exhibited. That Mr. Hunter's facts 

 and opinions respecting physiology in 

 general, have gradually become known to 

 the nations on the continent, have been 



