88 
LIFE OF DEAN BUCK LAND. 
[CH. IV. 
Museum. The property came into the hands of Christ 
Church in 1766, and in the following year the Museum 
was built. In the accounts of the Trust entries from time 
to time occur of purchases of subjects for dissection. But 
in 1828 Buckland discovered that a considerable sum had 
accumulated which might be claimed for the benefit 
of the Museum. In July 1828 he writes to Sir R. 
Murchison in great delight at his discovery. “ I am going 
to town in a day or two to attend the opening of Brooke’s 
sale, for I have found out ;£ 1,200 that we can lay out 
for our anatomical school at Christ Church, which will 
quite set us up, unless we find powerful rival bidders in 
the two new London Colleges.” The account books at 
Christ Church show that large purchases were made. “ Dr. 
Kidd” (then Lee’s Reader in Anatomy), “on account of 
purchases made at Brooke’s sale, ^500.” 1 The smallness 
of the sum expended compared with that available seems, 
however, to show that Buckland’s fears were realised, and 
that the Oxford school had found rivals wealthier than 
themselves. 
In this appropriation of a portion of Lee’s benefaction 
to science, Buckland, though neither the Lecturer nor one 
of the Trustees of the fund, took a leading part, as his 
letter to Murchison clearly proves. Nor was this the 
only direction in which he used his new position for the 
advance of scientific research. He was prompt to avail 
himself of the services of the masons employed at work 
on the old Residence attached to the Canonry to make 
Communicated by the Yen. Archdeacon Palmer. 
