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Fourth as a sixpencG. He then had rolled some more leaves 



Journey. 



round it, and gave it another coat. He seems to have 



continued this process, till he made the ball considerably 

 larger than the one I had procured ; and in order to put 

 his roguery out of all chance of detection, he made the 

 last and outer coat thicker than a dollar. This Indian 

 would, no doubt, have thriven well in some of our great 

 towns. 



Returns Findius^ that the rainy season was coming on, I left the 



home to ^ o ? 



England. wilds of Dcmcrara and Essequibo with regret, towards 

 the close of December, 1824 ; and reached once more 

 the shores of England, after a long and unpleasant 

 passage. 



Concluding Erc wc part, kind reader, I could Avish to draw a little 



remarks. 



of thy attention to the instructions which are to be found 

 at the end of this book. Twenty years have now rolled 

 away, since I first began to examine the specimens of 

 zoology in our museums. As the system of preparation 

 is founded in error, nothing but deformity, distortion, 

 and disproportion, will be the result of the best intentions, 

 and utmost exertions of the workman. Canova's educa- 

 tion, taste, and genius enabled him to present to the 

 world, statues so correct and beautiful, that they are 

 worthy of universal admiration. Had a common stone- 

 cutter tried his hand upon the block, out of which these 

 statues were sculptured, what a lamentable want of 

 symmetry and fine countenance there would have been. 



