ip-a LECTURE IV. 



played, because it will show you, in some 

 degree, the extent of his researches in Com- 

 parative Anatomy ; and also, because you 

 will find the other vital organs, provided 

 they admit of it, exhibited in the same 

 animals, in all the different departments of 

 the Museum. A great number of other 

 animals will, however, be found in other de- 

 partments, which are not included in this, 

 for though such animals may exhibit 

 interesting varieties in other vital organs, 

 they contain no remarkable peculiarity in 

 those concerned in digestion. Mr. Hunter 

 examined the structure of echini, Crustacea, 

 and some molusca with particular attention, 

 and caused drawings of exquisite beauty to 

 be made of them. I take this opportunity 

 to show you some of these drawings, and 

 to inform you that there are probably one 

 thousand of them belonging to the collec- 

 tion. Mr. Hunter was particularly fond ol* 

 drawings and paintings, and consequently 

 rather fastidious as to the representations 

 given of the objects in which he took so 

 great an interest. There was no poor artist of 

 talent in this town, that he did not befriend 



