of the Height of the Peak of Teneriffe, 389 



inadmissible ; whereas, had this correction been applied to all of 

 them, the latter would have fallen between the former two. 



In like manner, if the same corrections be applied to M. Bor- 

 da's height, and reduced to English measure, it would be trigo- 

 nometrically . . . . 12254 feet. 



Lamanon's barometric height . . 12190 



Cordier^s 12289 



Napier's . • . . . 12306 



Mean of all these 12260 feet. 



This mean, from observations that deserve the greatest confi- 

 dence, differs from Borda's corrected geometrical height only 

 6 feet, and is therefore a strong confirmation of the justness of 

 my conjecture. If, however, I am mistaken, I shall be happy 

 to be set right, either by Baron Humboldt, should this meet 

 his eye, or by any other individual, upon satisfactory grounds, 

 as my object will be gained by arriving at the truth. It may 

 be added, that it would be desirable to have this height again 

 determined geometrically, with modern improved instruments, 

 as the accuracy of Borda's charts of the Canary Isles depends, 

 in a great degree, on the correctness of his estimate of the height 

 of the Peak of TenerifFe. 



Eloge of Baron George Cuvier, delivered in the Chamber of 

 Peers on the llth December 1832. By Baron Pasquier, 

 President of the Chamber of Peers *. 



i HE sentiment which fills your minds on reassembling within 

 these walls, must doubtless be that of profound sorrow for the 

 numerous losses which the Chamber of Peers has recently sus- 

 tained. Under the pressure of such severe and repeated be- 

 reavements, nothing seems left to us but to bow our heads in 

 silent submission ; but feelings of desjx)ndency ought not to be 

 so far indulged as to lead to the abandonment of a custom which 

 • We are indebted to the Baroness Cuvier for this elegant outline of the 

 life of her late illustrious spouse, which, however, reached us so late, that 

 we are forced to defer the conclusion until next Number. The circum- 

 stance of the President of the Chamber of Peers leaving the Chair to pro- 

 nounce an Eloge of one of his colleagues, is, we believe, unprecedented, and 

 a proof of the honour paid to genius in France Edit. 



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