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formed, though they remained in a dwarf 

 and inefficient state. She never manifested 

 any of the attributes of the feminine cha- 

 racter. She was broad-shouldered, and 

 small round the hips, like a man.* 



How fond Mr. Hunter v/as of animals, 

 how closely he observed their form, habits, 

 modes of action, and progression. Sir E. 

 Home has already told us in this theatre. 

 He preserved the skeletons of most of the 

 animals he had dissected, and there are 

 probably 300 specimens in boxes, which 

 he had no room to display, neither is there 

 space enough in this building. That he 

 was an observant and accurate comparative 

 osteologist is also apparent from his last 

 papers in the Philosophical Transactions, 

 containing a commentary on fossil bones, 

 found in caves near Bayreuth, and else- 

 where. Mr. Hunter has, however, exhi- 

 bited and contrasted some of the ske- 

 letons of animals, and preserved specimens 

 of those of rare and curious forms ; he also 



* Philosophical Transactions for 1805. 



