VISIT TO MUSEUMS IN LONDON, ETC. 79 
the museums of Dublin and Bristol. In London 
he visited the various collections, taking such notes 
and drawings as may be of use in completing our 
own arrangements. He visited also the museum 
at Chatham. The Curators have every reason to 
be pleased with the industry and intelligence dis¬ 
played by the Conservator in the tour which he 
has made.” 
The College approved of the report, and agreed 
that the Conservator should have the use of a clerk 
to assist him in making out the catalogue. 
Fortunately, the journal of MacGillivray’s tour 
of inspection of the museums has been preserved 
and is now in the library of the natural history 
department of the Aberdeen University. It is of 
much interest, and throws no little light on some of 
the more remarkable features of his character. 
Three or four weeks was the time allowed him by 
the College for the inspection, and he visited the 
museums in Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin, Bristol, 
and London—numbering twenty-four in all, accom¬ 
plishing the whole of that work, including his 
various journeys, from the time he left Edinburgh 
on 4th September until his return on 29th of that 
month (three weeks and four days), although there 
was then no railway to quicken his tranait except 
on a visit from Liverpool to Manchester and back. 
It appears from the journal that he had gained all 
the information with regard to the different 
museums, the acquisition of which was the special 
object of his tour. The contents of the museums, 
the arrangement of the preparations, the mode in 
