Shane. 7 5 
more than 26,200 articles. They were af- 
terwards augmented to upwards of 30,600; 
as may be feen by A General View of the 
Contents," publifhed a year before his death. 
• — And here I cannot but obferve, that the 
curious are under fingular obligation to the 
author of thearticleCouRTEN,in the fourth 
volume of the new edition of the Biogra-^ 
phia Britamiicay who has, with great labour, 
brought to light fo many interefting me- 
moirs relating to Mr. Court en, and his 
family. His truly laborious refearches have 
done equal juftice to that gentleman, and to 
Six Hans Sloan e, by refcuing the hiftory 
of their connexion from great mifreprefent- 
ation. Hence we learn, that Dr. Sloane, 
as executor to his friend, fo far from ac- 
quiring the acceffion of Mr. Courten's 
mufeum at a dear rate^ as had been repre- 
fented in the preceding edition, obtained it 
at a price greatly under its original, and real 
value. 
G HAP* 
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