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was at the side of Napoleon, a shot from the enemy 

 struck Dejeau's head, and precipitated him senseless 

 from his horse. Soon, however, recovering from the 

 shock, and being asked by the Emperor if he was still 

 alive, he answered, " I am not dead ; but, alas ! my 

 insects are all gone !" for his hat was literally torn to 

 pieces. Six years after this, in 1815, I met Count 

 Dejeau at Fiume, on the Adriatic, and made several 

 entomological excursions with him. 



The celebrated Prince Paul of Wiirtemberg, another 

 passionate Naturalist, whom I met in 1829 at Port-au- 

 Prince, being one day at my house, shed tears of envy 

 when I showed him the gigantic beetle Acta?on, which, 

 only a short time before, had been presented to me by 

 the Haitien Admiral Banajotti, he having found it at 

 the foot of a Cocoanut Palm-tree on his plantation. 



Some months ago, it was falsely stated by several 

 of our leading papers that Prince Paul had been con- 

 verted to the Catholic faith, and had died in Paris. 

 Now, as on account of his profound learning and adven- 

 turous travels he has gained a world-wide notoriety, and 

 as I am intimately acquainted with his whole history, it 

 is no more than light that I should correct these mis- 

 statements, even at the risk of being thought too dis- 

 cursive. 



The Duke Paul of Wurteniberg, cousin of the present 



Emperor Nicholas of Russia, as also of the present 

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