Uncle Tom told us a story of Hunter's first lecture.  Being unknown to fame, no one had come to hear him.  On entering the hall, he found only Sandy McTavish, the old custos.  He was not daunted, however.  Bidding the old man sit down, he brought a skeleton from a cupboard, and having placed it in front of him, he began to lecture to it and Sandy.  First one student by chance looked in, and, seeing what was going forward, beckoned to another.  In the course of a few minutes another dropped in, and soon discovered that no ordinary lecturer was speaking.  The whole audience could not have amounted to a dozen; but they soon made a noise about what they had heard, and the next day the hall was crowded.