MEJEOIR OF JOnX HONTER. 
19 
•liMingttislietl an ornament. One of these biogra- 
P’lies proceeded from the pen of a near relation, the 
«te Sir Everard Home ; — anotlier is written by an 
individual whose chief celebrity appears to have 
®iisen from his being the opponent, and, to the ex- 
*Pnt of his ability, the persecutor of Mr Hunter; 
we third is the production of a pupil and friend, Dr 
oseph Adams, a name well known in the annals of 
medicine. From these sources we have drawn libe-- 
Wily in the following pages; but, at the same time, we 
ust be allowed to add, that the life of John Hunter is 
*>^111 a decided desideratum. In what follows, we have 
endeavoured to reduce the merely professional fea- 
Wres of his character to their just proportions; and 
''e trust that the following sketch will be found by the 
Naturalist to be at once interesting and instructive. 
^ e shall only further observe, that the portrait at 
commencement of this volume, is a faithful copy 
® Sharp’s celebrated and now scarce engraving of 
>c Joshua Reynolds’ picture. It is recorded, that 
cn these lineaments of Mr Hunter’s interesting 
f°“NWnance were shown to Lavater, he observed, 
. ^nat man thinks for himself,” — a remark of the 
Justness of which the following pages will afford 
“Nundant evidence. 
OBjj Hunter was the son of John and Agnes 
narr*^'^ Kilbride (Easter), in the county of Ea- 
rn • His father was descended from Hunter of 
Unterston, an old family in Ayrshire, and his mo- 
