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Mrs. Barclay* has alfo made the fludy of Shells her favourite amufement. So choice 

 an affemblage of thefe bodies, with the fcientific arrangement in which they are placed 

 in her cabinet, indicates her perfect acquaintance with the fubject. 



Mrs. Walker's -f- attention to thefe objects is rendered fufficiently confpicuous in the 

 acquirement of fo many rare and finely preferved fhells which enrich her cabinet. From 

 the well-informed mind, and liberal fpirit of the amiable poffefior, this collection will 

 no doubt foon become truly interefting. 



The cabinet of the late Dr. Hunter, fince the addition of that great collection 

 formerly in the poffeflion of Dr. Fothergill, is truly magnificent - } as many unique 

 fpecimens, and others of extremely rare fpecies in the feveral branches of Shells, 

 Echini, and Corallines, may here be feen. To attempt even a faint defcription of the 

 various other departments of this ftupendous mufeum, would be as difficult as it is here 

 unnecefTary. It is fufficient for the author to have mentioned a repofitory, wherein is 

 treafured, for the inflruction and wonder of the prefent, as well as of future ages, an 

 afiemblage of literature, antiquities^, natural hiflory, and anatomy, far exceeding any ever 

 yet formed by an individual, and reflecting an honour on the country, as well as on the 

 name of the immortal founder. 



Sir Afhton Lever's Holophuficon § prefents to the mind the richeft and raoft fuperb 

 receptacle of the kind probably now exifting in the world. This juft praife, it is 

 prefumed, will readily be admitted by thofe perfons who have even curforily fecn the 

 contents. It includes a large and beautiful fuite of Shells, and almofl every known fpecies 

 of the feathered tribe, as well as other animals, in the higher! prefervation, elegantly fet 

 up in cafes, or inclofed in fpirits ; added to thefe are innumerable fpecimens of various 

 native, as well as figured foffils, and a wonderful difplay of Natural and Artificial 

 Curiofities. The view only can give a perfect idea of the unequalled grandeur produced 

 by fo many different and vaft collections, fo methodically and happily difpofed. 



It is impoflible in fo trivial a fketch to convey a juft idea of the effect with which 

 the mufeum of Mr. John Hunter || ftrikes the fpectator, as the greateft exertions muft 

 have long been made in felecting the admirable variety of its fubjects. His cabinet of 



* Wife of Mr. John Barclay, Cambridge Heath, Hackney. 

 f Wife of Ifaac Walker, Efq. of Arno's Grove, Southgate, Middlefex. 



J The cabinet of medals is more particularly worthy the attention of the curious, and is perhaps fécond to 

 none of the moft celebrated in Europe. 



§ Leicefter Houfe. |] Of Leicefter Square. 



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