58 LAMARCK, HIS LIFE AND WORK 
Dr. Mondiére’s account is as follows. Having 
found in the Wonzteur the notice of the burial services, 
as above stated, he goes on to say: 
“ Armed with this document, I went again to the 
cemetery of Montparnasse, where I fortunately found 
a conservator, M. Lacave, who is entirely au courant 
with the question of transformism. He therefore in- 
terested himself in my inquiries, and, thanks to him, I 
have been able to determine exactly where Lamarck 
had been buried. I say had been, because, alas! he 
had been simply placed ina ¢vench off on one side 
(fosse a part), that is to say, one which should change 
its occupant at the end of five years. Was it neg- 
ligence, was it the jealousy of his colleagues, was 
it the result of the troubles of 1830? In brief, there 
had been no permission granted to purchase a burial 
lot. The bones of Lamarck are probably at this 
moment mixed with those of all the other unknown 
which lie there. What had at first led us into an 
error is that we made the inquiries under the name of 
Lamarck instead of that of de Monnet. In reality, 
the register of inscription bears the following men- 
tion: 
“« De Monnet de Lamarck buried this 20 Decem- 
ber 1829 (85 years, 3d square, Ist division, 2d line, 
trenehi 22.7 
“ At some period later, a friendly hand, without 
doubt, had written on the margin of the register the 
following information: 
“«To the left of M. Dassas.’ 
““M. Lacave kindly went with us to search for the 
place where Lamarck had been interred, and on 
the register we saw this: 
““¢« Dassas, Ist division, 4th line south, No. 6 to the 
west, concession 1165-1829.’ On arriving at the 
spot designated, we found some new graves, but 
nothing to indicate that of M. Dassas, our only mark 
