THE STORY OF AN ENTOMOLOGIST 



eral considered this one of the important exhibits. In fact, he 

 was rather proud of his abihty to pick out the right box, since 

 only the Latin names were written on the labels. Noticing this 

 harmless pride on his part, we changed the boxes and substi- 

 tuted a box of butterflies for the grasshopper box. In a few days 

 the General appeared, and made a great show of reading the 

 Latin names on the outside of the forms. Finally he said, "Ah, 

 here he is," and he picked out the box of butterflies and opened 

 it before his guest. The guest remarked with a broad grin, "Gen- 

 eral, that's one on you!" 



Le Due really started some good things in the Department. 

 He was the first man to protest against the absurd seed dis- 

 tribution that used to go on in those days. He started the culti- 

 vation of tea in South Carohna, and originated the branches 

 of the service that eventually developed into the great Bureau 

 of Animal Industry and the very competent Forest Service. 



At one time during his term of office he was elected foreign 

 member of the National Agricultural Society of France, and 

 years later I received the same honor. The Society was eventu- 

 ally changed to the Academie d'Agriculture de France, and the 

 General was retained on its list as a foreign member until the 

 time of his death. He was proud of this honor, and always re- 

 ferred to it on his occasional visits to Washington. 



Apropos to General Le Due. Here is a curious little anecdote 

 that shows the lack of knowledge that existed in scientific circles 

 in France at that time, as to English and American conditions, 

 and it illustrates also a certain carelessness on the part of 

 certain foreigners as to the exact use of American addresses. 

 There was a little natural history journal published in Wash- 

 ington by the old Potomac Side Natural History Club, which 

 bore the name Field and Forest. This journal exchanged with 

 certain European journals, among them a French publication 



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