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MEMOIll OF JOHN HUNTER. 
Jermyn Street was speedily occupied by it. It wrts 
about tliis lime, that, having received the present of 
a stuffed cameleopard, which, from its height, coul<l 
not otherwise be placed, lie, with true surgical skill, 
subjected it to the operation of a temporary ampu- 
tation of the legs, and so accommodated it in the 
lobby. 
EaiTs Court, though a delightful retirement to 
Mr Hunter from the fatigues of his profession, did 
in no respect afford a cessation from labour. On 
the contrary, his researches were carried on there 
with less interruption, and with an unwearied per- 
severance. From this time (1772) till his death, he 
made it his custom to sleep at EaiTs Court during 
the autumn months, coming to town only during 
the hours of business in the forenoon, and retm-ning 
to dinner. 
It was here he carried on his experiments on di- 
gestion, on exfoliation, on the transplanting of teeth 
into the combs of cocks, and all his other investiga- 
tions on the animal economy. Not only the com- 
mon bee, but the wasp, the hornet, and the less 
known species of bees, were made subjects of in- 
vestigation. Here also he made his series of pre- 
parations of the external and internal changes of the 
silk-worm ; also, as before noticed, a complete series 
of the incubation of the egg. Here, too, it was that 
he pastured and trained those buffaloes which he 
put into harness and trotted through the streets of 
London so late as 1792. The growth of vegetables 
