550 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



stance, the skeleton of the human figure, then to add the muscular 

 system, then the clothing, drapery, etc. We usually took views 

 from Nature. Although so minute in details of fine paintings, he 

 was equally good in large scenery. For many years we had here 

 the scenes he painted for a Thespian Society of this place, where, 

 amid the forest trees, he had squirrels, birds, etc. Being fond of 

 hunting, he had made to order by a native gunsmith, who was 

 quite a genius, a double-barrel piece, one a rifle, the other a smooth- 

 bore. Gillson, the gunsmith, made the barrels, bored the rifle, 

 made the stock, and an admirable lock ; the stock was inlaid with 

 silver and engraved by the same skillful hand, bearing Le Sueur's 

 name and an appropriate device. I do not remember exactlj'' the 

 price, but think it was about a hundred dollars. 



" In consequence of his having been with La P^rouse (until, 

 fortunately for his life, he was left to work up the animals of Aus- 

 tralia), the French Government gave him a pension, which he 

 drew annually, until they notified him that, unless he returned 

 and gave his time and talents to his native country (France), the 

 pension would be withheld. He went at a time when I was ab- 

 sent, and those who here knew him well have forgotten the date. 

 He became curator of the museum at Havre, and then, after some 

 years, died and was buried there. The exact date of his death 

 those three have also forgotten. 



" When he came to New Harmony during the social experiment 

 he was directly from the West Indies, and brought a young lad 

 and a child, both of whom subsequently married, but both are 

 now dead. It was from their relatives that I expected to get 

 dates, but failed. 



" When the ' Preliminary Society ' (at New Harmony) resolved 

 itself into the (1) Educational, (2) Agricultural, and (3) Commer- 

 cial Societies, Mr. Le Sueur joined the first, and I have in my 

 box of valuable papers a deed of a lot (for the purpose of erecting 

 a foundry), executed by the Educational Society, and signed by 

 my father-in-law, Mr. Neef, and his family, Drs. Troost, C. A. Le 

 Sueur, William Phiquepal, and a number of others. 



" Some of the relatives of those who came with him think 

 there was a notice in some public journal of his death, etc., but I 

 never saw it. I just recall two incidents : 



" When we were together, going sketching, I think, we found 

 and killed a large blacksnake, uncommonly distended. Mr. Le 

 Sueur, when we reached home, used a large syringe and injected 

 water into the stomach, from which he then stripped four young 

 rabbits. Another time we obtained a female opossum, and he 

 very deftly dissected it and showed me the young adhering to the 

 small teats in the pouch or marsupium." 



