MEMOIR OF RONDELET. 23 



was probably in part through the Cardinal's influence 

 that Rondelet was appointed Regius Professor of 

 Medicine at Montpellier in 1545, as successor to 

 Pierre Laurent de St. Catherine; but the duties 

 which this appointment involved, appear to have in 

 no way interfered with his attendance on his patron, 

 for Rondelet accompanied him in the numerous 

 journeys he made through various parts of Europe 

 on state affairs. It was the opportunities thus 

 afforded him that enabled our naturalist to collect 

 materials from so many quarters for his work on 

 fishes. The interest the Cardinal took in the sub- 

 ject, and the facilities obtained by the author, 

 through his means, for prosecuting it, induced him 

 to dedicate the work to Toumon, and we find him 

 addressed, in one part of the dedication, nearly 

 in the following terms : "In such a work, great 

 expense must be incurred in employing painters, 

 engravers, and other artificers, in diligently examin- 

 ing different places, and in visiting and conversing 

 with learned men who are familiar with the subject 

 treated of, in order to obtain the advantage of their 

 judgment and experience in determining certain 

 points. All these objects I have attained through 

 your means. For when I visited France, Upper 

 Germany, and Italy in your company, recei\dng 

 every aid from your liberality and kindness, I spent 

 all my leisure time in collecting every thing relating 

 to the work I had begun on Fishes, enjoying at the 

 same time the judgment and advice of the learned 

 men dra^^^l around you by your well known gene- 



