LIFE OF DEAN BUCK LAND. 
[CH. IV. 
116 
The tiny old “ curiosity shop ” close to the beach is still 
in existence ; but there are none of the pretty little boxes 
of shells or tastefully arranged bunches of seaweed of former 
days to be seen now. Foreigners long continued to write 
for specimens, little realising that the moving spirit and 
indefatigable collector of these old-world treasures had 
passed away. Miss Anning’s collection was broken up at 
her death. The best portion of it passed into the hands 
of the Misses Philpot, and is now in the Natural History 
Museum, South Kensington ; but a small part of the col¬ 
lection is at Oxford. Mary Aiming was born in 1800, and 
died in 1847. Buckland succeeded in obtaining an annuity 
for her. A stained-glass window was erected to her 
memory in Lyme Church, with the following inscription :— 
“ This window is sacred to the memory of Mary Anning, 
of this parish, who died March 9, 1847, and is erected by 
the Vicar of Lyme and some of the members of the 
Geological Society of London, in commemoration of her 
usefulness in furthering the science of geology, as also of 
her benevolence of heart and integrity of life.” 
Before concluding the account of the visit to Lyme Regis, 
allusion should be made to the interesting group of fossil 
animals discovered in the neighbourhood. An illustration 
of these is given, after the drawing of Sir H. de la Beche, 
of which the following is an explanation :— 
Explanation of the Drawing by Sir Henry de la Beche called 
“ Duria Antiquior,” or Ancient Dorsetshire. 
Dr. Buckland always kept a good supply of his old friends clever 
representation of these monster inhabitants of ancient seas, and 
frequently after his lectures distributed copies in order to bring to the 
