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genius, that he should ever condescend, as he 
has since done, to become the translator and 
commentator of any production of mine*.” 
Scarpa.‘ We were no less happy in the acquain- 
tance of Professor Scarpa, the excellent teacher 
of Anatomy.” 
SPALLANZANI.—“The Abbé’s countenance is austere 
and proud, in form inclining to the African. 
“We anxiously wished to heara lecture from 
this famous Professor of Natural History, not 
choosing to be presented to him; and it fortu- 
‘nately fell out that our curiosity was gratified. 
His delivery is exceedingly deliberate, drawling 
and monotonous; it could scarcely be heard 
with a grave face; but the composition of his 
lecture so admirable as to make us forget the 
rest. The subject was the different lengths of 
time which butterflies remain in the chrysals, 
and how far their exit may be hastened by 
heat; with Reaumur’s experiments of putting 
the insects in that state under a hen, and so 
producing the first butterflies perhaps, as the 
professor said, that were ever hatched by a 
bird.” 
Turin. 
“A LLIONI, the father of natural history in this place, 
is still ardent in its pursuit.” 
Be.iarpi.—“A most excellent botanist. He has 
much enriched the Flora Pedemontana of his 
master Allioni.” 
* “T)iscorso preliminaire.—1792.” 
