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Paris, 1744, which was full of important biological and ethno 

 logical observations, the accuracy of which is not questioned. 



He subsequently travelled in South America, and published in 

 1760, a work full of statements concerning the animals, plants, 

 and fruits of that country, and also particularly interesting from 

 the account which it gives of the singular Jesuit establishment 

 in Paraguay* 



Other French missionaries, Breboeuf, Du Poisson, Jaques, Jo- 

 liet, La Chaise, Lallemand, Marquette, Senat, and Souel fol 

 lowed Charlevoix in the exploration of these regions. Their 

 works contain many valuable notes upon animals and plants. 



Jean Baptiste du Tertre, in his " Histoire Generale des An 

 tilles, habitees par les Francois," published in Paris in 1654, 

 [ed. 1654-1667], described and illustrated many of the New 

 World animals. 



In 1672 Nicolas Denyse published in Paris two comprehensive 

 works upon America, viz : " Histoire Naturelle des Peuples, des 

 Animaux, des Arbres et des Plantes de PAmerique,"* and "De 

 scription Geographique des costes de PAmerique Septentrionale, 

 avec PHistoire Naturelle du Pays."f 



F. Froger, a companion of De Gennes in his voyage made in 

 1695-97 to the coast of Africa, the Straits of Magellan, Brazil, 

 Cayenne and the Antilles, published a report in 1698. J The book 

 has been overlooked by recent bibliographers, but, judging from 

 Artedi's remarks upon its ichthyological portion, it was fully 

 equal to similar works of its day. 



Baron de la Hontan, Lord Lieutenant of the French Colony at 

 Placentia, printed at the Hague in 1703 his "Voyages dans 

 PAmerique," which is sometimes referred to by zoologists. 



Louis Feuillee, who travelled by royal commission from 1707-12 

 in Central and South America, published four volumes of physical 

 mathematics and botanical observations, 1714-25, in Paris. 



* Paris, 1672, 8. t 1672, 12, 2 vol. 



1 Paris, 1698; Amsterdam, 1699; London (translation), 1698. 



