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MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 
ments were of a superior order. Tlie.se, with his 
native endowments, ^ave him a facility of expression, 
and a most happy choice of words, joined to a talent 
for demonstration never to he exceeded. Whether 
from an originally correct ear, a refined taste, or the 
early society in which he mingled, his dialect had all 
the polish of the southern metropolis, with enough 
of the northern accent to strike and yet to please. 
His person, though small, was graceful — his cast of 
features regular and interesting — his voice musical 
— his manners attentive and flattering. In short, 
Dr Hunter was a polite scholar, an accomplished 
gentleman, a complete anatomist, and probably the 
most perfect demonstrator, as well as lecturer, the 
world had ever seen. 
When his younger brother arrived in London, Dr 
Hunter entered upon the delightful task of instruct- 
ing a scholar every way worthy of him — diligent, 
orderly, inquisitive, and of quick apprehension — it 
could not hut add to his gratification that such a 
disciple was his near relation ; and we can easily be- 
lieve tliat their mutual satisfaction remained un- 
broken, so long as the elder might consider every 
discovery made under his eye, and in his premises, 
as his own property. But the relative position of 
the parties could not always continue to answer tliis 
description. Ttie scholar became the equal, if not 
the superior, of his instructor ; and as often as he 
ventured to offer a well-founded opinion in contra- 
diction to, or even in anticipation of, his master, 
a trial of temper must have ensued — a trial which 
