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was probably in part through the Cardinarg 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, 



'*f<)r Rondelet accompanied him in the numerous 

 journeys he made through various parts of Europe 



•on state afluirs. It was the opportunities thus 

 afforded him that enabled our naturalist to collect 

 materials from so many quarters for his work on 



•fishes. Tlie 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, receiving 

 every aid from your Uberahtyund kindness, I spent 

 all my leisure time in collecting every thing relating 

 to the work I had begun on Fishes, enjoyin{^ at the 

 same time the judgment and advice of the learned 

 men draNvn around yu j by your well known gene- 



