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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 



the Wernerian Natural History Society, the 

 Society of Scottish Antiquaries, the Society of 

 Useful Arts, the Scottish Academy of Painting, , 

 Sculpture, and Architecture, spontaneously and 

 gratuitously enrolled me among their members. 



" In this capital commenced the publication of 

 my Illustrations, and there it might have been 

 accomplished, had not unexpected difficulties 

 come in the way. My engraver, Mr W. H. 

 Lizars, advised me to seek an artist in London. 

 There, after many fruitless inquiries, I became [ 

 acquainted with Mr Robert Havell, junior, who 

 has ever since continued to be employed by me, ■ 

 and who, I am happy in saying, has given 

 general satisfaction to my patrons." 



The change of his engraver seems to have . 

 caused him considerable vexation at the time, 

 and he experienced some difficulty in finding a 

 person to enter into so large a speculation, on 

 the uncertainty of a prospective subscription. 

 Besides, several of his subscribers in Scotland 

 withdrew their names ; some, we believe, 

 assigned as a reason the removal of the publi- 

 cation from Scotland, and others objected to the 

 change of style in the engravings. Although 

 this evidently gave him some annoyance at the 

 time, yet he resolutely determined to pursue 

 his undertaking with undiminished ardour; for 

 in a letter to Mr Kidd, of the 2jth November, 



