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^sturned, and all other resolvhs and scruples were 
‘forgotten. 
‘My zeal and skill at assisting at post- 
'^norte7ns had gained me the rarely bestowed 
commendation of the doctor our preceptor. I 
3-d already begun to form a small anatomical 
collection, and had lately added a human cranium 
to my series of the skulls of dogs and cats and 
the skeletons of mice and “such small deer.” It 
3ppened also that on the day when a negro 
patient in the gaol hospital had died, a treatise on 
the “ Varieties of the Human Race” fell into my 
ands, and greatly increased my craniological 
ongings. The examination of the body was 
ever and the hurried inquest performed, when, 
slipping some silver into the hand of the old 
turnkey as we left the room, I told him I should 
tave to call again that evening to look a little 
urther into the matter, before the coffin was 
TRally screwed down. It was but six weeks from 
c time of my first adventure in the old tower, 
cn, provided with a strong brown-paper bag, I 
sallied forth on a fine frosty evening in January 
to secure my specimen of the Ethiopian race. I 
'Vas now an habihid of the place, aneban attendant 
^3s ^ no longer proffered to accompany me. 
aking my lantern and keys, I opened every door 
3ud gate, duly locking them again after I had 
passed through. As I ascended the spiral stairs 
c* Hadrians Tower, speculations on “facial 
