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was the Mulleria of Ferussac, as it afterwards on examination proved to 

 be, Le \evy kindly ^ave Mr. Lea a fine specimen of it. 



During his stay in Paris, Verueuil, the geologist, called upon him. 

 He had just returned from Spain, where he had been to examine the 

 geology of that countrj". He invited Mr. Lea to dine with him, to meet 

 some of the most distinguished geologists of Europe. There were pres- 

 ent Elie de Beaumont, Leopold von Buch, Count d'Archiac, Barrande, 

 Mechelin, and Dumont. 



At tlie hospitable house of M. Petit, Mr. Lea met with Largierelett 

 of Eouen, who expressed " great pleasure in meeting with the author of 

 so many fine memoirs." He invited Mr. Lea to visit him at Eouen and 

 view his cabinet. • Michaux, the eminent botanist, called on Mr. Lea and 

 accompanied him to the marine department to see a bust of Fulton 

 which he had made in marble from a bust in clay by Houdon. Michaux 

 had induced the Government to permit him to place it there, there 

 being only one other bust in this rich museum of naval matters, and 

 that was of one of their celebrated admirals. 



Michaux called by appointment to consult Mr. Lea about his will, in- 

 tending, as he told him, to leave a considerable amount to the American 

 Philosoi)hical Society of Philadelphia (of which they were both mem- 

 bers), to form an arboretum. Mr. Lea told him the necessity of using 

 the legal form of a bequest in France. He called the next day with his 

 will sealed, and a letter to the Philosophical Society expressive of his 

 wishes, and put them in the charge of Mr. Lea, who forwarded them to 

 Dr. Robert M. Patterson, who was then president of the society. 



IMichaux told him that he was the only passenger from Albany with 

 Fulton on his return trial trip to N"ew York, and said that ''people 

 were afraid of being blown up." This was Michaux's first acquaintance 

 with Fulton, and created a friendshij) which lasted through life. 



While visiting in Paris, Mr. Lea frequently saw Prince Charles Buona- 

 parte, whom he had known in America and who had been his corre- 

 spondent for many years. The prince gave him a dinner, at which the 

 ladies of the party were present. Amoiig the guests were his two 

 cousins. Prince Lucien and Prince Napoleon. The latter bore a strik- 

 ing resemblance to his uncle, Napoleon L In the evening there was a 

 brilliant reception. 



By appointment, Mr. Lea called upon Elie de Beaumont, ^nd after 

 jjassing an hour in conversation with him they went to the annual 

 meeting of the Institute, M. Lebrun presiding. Four papers were read. 

 M. Petit accompanied Mr. Lea to meet Dr. Chenu, the naturalist and 

 author, who had the great collection of Delessert under his charge. 

 At that time it consisted of Lamarck's and Prince Massena's collections 

 united. The cliief object of seeing this collection again on the part of 

 Mr. Lea was the hope of finding the original specimen of Mulleria of 

 Ferussac, which had never been figured, but described in 1823 by 

 Ferussac, and as being in Lamarck's collection. He told Dr. Chenu 



