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MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 
iie was engaged in service in various .parts of tlie 
world, during wliicli time he procured and transmitted 
to Mr Hunter many interesting objects of natural 
history; and now he returned to afford liirn still more 
immediate aid. 
Nor was Mr Home the only individual to whose 
active personal aid Mr Hunter was indebted. Among 
various other individuals, the names of Mr Bell and 
Mr Andre deserve'to be particularly mentioned. In 
the course of his pursuits Mr Hunter met with many 
parts of animals where the natural apiiearances could 
not be preserved ; hence the importance of having 
correct drawings of such subjects taken. The eX" 
pense of employing professed artists, the difficulty of 
procuring them, and the disadvantage under which 
they laboured in being ignorant of the subject they 
were to represent, made him desirous of having an 
able person in his house entirely for that purpose. 
With this view, he, so early as 1775, entered into 
an engagement for ten years with Mr Bell, an inge- 
nious young artist, who agreed to live with him» 
and devote his whole time to drawing and making 
anatomical preparations. Mr Bell soon became a 
good practical anatomist, and was thus enabled to 
give a striking and accurate delineation of the sub- 
jects presented to his pencil. By bis labours, Mr 
Hunter’s collection is enriched with many valuable 
drawings, and a great variety of curious anatomical 
preparations. After working for fourteen years with 
Mr Hunter, and obtaining his surgical diploma, Mr 
