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duces an indefcribable feeling of horror, from its clofe 
refemblance to that of an ape. We have not room to 
dwell upon individual parts of this co'lleftion; but (hall 
merely remark, that it derives additional value from the 
care taken to authenticate the accounts given of its coh- 
tents, and the fkulls are preferved in the fame date in 
which they were originally found. Yet Blumenbach, 
notwithftanding his collection of (kulls, is not a cranio- 
logift. Spurzheim was exceflively anxious to have Blu- 
lnenbach’s opinion on his craniological fyltem, and tried 
many expedients to elicit it in vain. At length he at¬ 
tacked Blumenbach on his vulnerable fide, by bringing 
him a beautiful (kull as a prelent. This was irrefiltible. 
The collector ftruggled between his love of truth and his 
extreme fear of wounding the feelings of the craniologift. 
I-Ie looked at the (Mill, and exclaimed, “My dear doctor, 
in j’our fvftem there is much which is new, and much 
which is true; but the new is not true, and the true is 
not new.” 
Blumenbach’s collection of foflil bones is one of the 
molt beautiful in Europe. Notice is particularly attrac¬ 
ted to the bones of the bear, which exhibit the fame 
proportion in point of fize to the bear of prefent times, 
as the calf of one month to the ox of two years. There 
is alfo a very fine collection of minerals; and another, 
no lefs valuable, of (keletons, in which that of a lionefs 
is very remarkable. The preparations in this cabinet, 
illuftrating the growth of the elephant’s teeth, are unique. 
His wet preparations are invaluable, of which we (ball 
only fay, that they are defcribed in his “ Abbildungen 
Natur-Hiftorifche-Gegenftande.” We may, however, 
notice as interefting, the fcetus of a porcupine, and a 
crocodile efcaping from the egg. We mud not forget to 
mention his beautiful collection of drawings, defcriptive 
of all nations of the earth; and an invaluable aflemblage 
of curiofities which have no particular relation to l'cience. 
The following is a lift of his principal works: i. In¬ 
tro duel io in Hiftoriam Med. Litterariam ; Gottingen, 
1786. z. Synopfis Syftem. ScrifKtt. quibus inde ab inaug. 
Acad. G. Aug. 1737 ufque ad 1787, difcipl. fuam augere 
find. Profefs. Med. Gott. 1788. 3. Med. Bibliothek. 
3 Bde. 1783—95. 4. Inftitutt. Phyfiol. 1787. 5. De Vi 
Vitali Sahguini deneganda; 1788. 6. Gefchichte und 
Brefchreibung der Knochen ; 1786. 7. Ign. v. Born; 
Zwey Abhdll. iib. d. Nutribus-kraft; Peterfburg, 1789. 
8. De oculis Leucaethiopum et iridis motu Comment; 
Gottingen, 1786. 9. De Generis Humani varietate na- 
tiva 51776. 10. ColleCtio craniorum divert'. Gentium; 
1790. 11. Ueber d. Bildunftrieb u. d. Zeugungfgefchaft; 
17S1. 
Notwithftanding his inceflant labours in his ftudy and 
..his cabinet, his three leCtures a-day, and the frequent 
vilits he is receiving from (trangers, nothing can be more 
affable or kind than his behaviour to ftudents. He de¬ 
votes to them the greater part of Sunday, and the even¬ 
ing of nearly every day, from fix to nine o’clock, when 
he receives a certain number at tea. To the Englifti 
he is particularly attached, having long been on inti¬ 
mate terms' with fir Jofeph Banks, and many other dif- 
tinguiflied-charaCters. He fpeaks Englifti perfectly, and 
polleffes all the Englifti works of great merit. He is 
equally well-informed in the other departments of know¬ 
ledge ; his acquirements feem indeed to be univerfal. 
LeCtures on midwifery are delivered by Profeifor 
O (kinder, and are perhaps among the beft ever heard. 
They may be entirely depended on, for they are founded 
on a long courfe of accurate oblervation. His text book 
"is entitled “ Ofiander’s Lehrbuch der Entbindungfkunft,” 
which is perhaps the beft work on the fubjeft. Profeflor 
Ofiander gives two courfes in the year, each of which 
lafts about five months ; tliefe are combined with che¬ 
mical inftruCtion in thehofpital. The Lying-in Hofpital 
is the fined building in Gottingen, and is admirably 
adapted to the purpolesfor which it is intended. Befides 
Hie accommodation for patients, it contains apart¬ 
ments for the profeffor, his beautiful cabinet, and an ap¬ 
propriate le£lure-room. Nothing can form a ftronger 
contrail to the chaos of Blumenbach’s collection, than 
the exquifite arrangement of Ofiander’s. It contains a 
mod valuable feries of preparations, chiefly illultrative of 
his particular department. The room in which it is 
contained is elegantly fitted up, and the preparations, ar¬ 
ranged in the mod beautiful order, are ail ticketed, with 
a reference to the catalogue. This catalogue confifts of 
feven folio volumes of MS. and to each number is af¬ 
fixed a complete hiftory of the cafe of the patient from 
whom the preparation was taken. Profeflor Ofiander owes 
this beautiful, we had almolt faid unrivalled, collection 
to his own induftry. He told an Englifti gentleman, 
that he had often in his younger days gone without his 
dinner, to purchafe the glafs and fpirit for fome new pre¬ 
paration. 
The leftures on botany are delivered by profeflor H. 
A. Schrader, from feven to eight in the morning. The 
botanical garden is one of the mod perfeCt and ufeful in 
Europe, the Hanoverian government paying great atten¬ 
tion to its maintenance. The ledlures on chemiftry are 
delivered by profeflor Stromeyer, who, fince Klaproth’s 
death, may be confidered as the firft analytic chemift in 
Europe. At the latter’s death, the Pruflian government 
offered profeifor Stromeyer his place at Berlin ; but, the 
Hanoverian government making a confiderable addition 
to his falary, he preferred remaining'in his prefent poft. 
He is as good a teacher as chemift, and is peculiarly at¬ 
tentive to his ftudents. Independent of his ledlures every 
day, he exercifes the pupils twice a-week in experiments 
ing in an excellent laboratory. 
We may alfo here mention profeflor Haufmann, whofe 
ledlures on mineralogy, and whofe coiledlion, are well 
worthy the attention of the curious. The ledlures on 
general fcience and literature are excellent, and every 
facility is afforded, in this interefting univerfity, of culti¬ 
vating the higher branches of our fcience in a manner 
which is almoft unequalled. 
We cannot conclude without noticing the vifit of his 
prefent mod gracious majefty to this town and univer¬ 
fity during his late tour. As the univerfity was foun¬ 
ded by George II. it was naturally expedted that George 
IV. would not pafs through fuch a town with the fame 
lialle as he would through a place of lefs confideration ; 
and the public opinion was not difappointed, for he was 
refolved to day as long as the very (liort time he had 
prefcribed for his journey would admit. About noon, 
(on the 30th of Odtober, 1821,) his majefty’s approach 
was announced by a difcharge of artillery; and, when 
his carriage arrived at the principal gate of the town, he 
found a grand triumphal arch eredted, and a numerous 
train of young females, drefled in white, and each car¬ 
rying in her hand a feftoon of variegated flowers, ap¬ 
proached, with a poem placed on a fcarlet velvet cufhion ; 
which his majefty was pleafed to accept in the mod con- 
defcending manner. His majefty did not immediately 
proceed to the univerfity, to examine the rich (lores of 
the library, the orderly cabinet of Ofiander, or the difi- 
orderly one of Blumenbach. No — the firft place to 
which he proceeded, on his entrance, was the riding- 
fchool, where the JIndents had made all the necelfary ar¬ 
rangements for entertaining him with a caroufal in the. 
(lyle of ancient chivalry. Here his majefty was received 
by the public authorities; and the prqfejjbr of riding in 
the univerfity was in waiting to exhibit before his fove- 
reign fpecimens of his art, from the firft eflay up to the 
acme of proficiency. His performance, we are told, 
(bowed that he was without a rival in his profeflion; and 
his majefty was not more pleafed than furprifed at the 
exhibition. The ftudents vrere marfhalled according to 
the inftrudtions contained in a printed programme, and 
they aflembled in numbers not lefs than fifteen hundred. 
They were placed in array by marfhals chofen from among 
their body, wearing black coats, cocked hats, long tails, 
