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his eye, he shouted " Ah ! " He sat as if glued to it, and did not 

 seem capable of moving from it. His son-in-law. Dr. Martin St. 

 Ange, fed him with the sweet cake that had been offered to him with 

 some wine as refreshment, as he sat gazing at the beautiful sight ; 

 but nothing could induce him to remove his eye from the insect 

 until at last a plunge it made in the cell carried it out of sight, and 

 Geoffroi St. Hillaire started to his feet, threw up both his arms, as 

 he strode down the room, and shouted " Magnifique ! " He re- 

 mained but sis or seven days in England, and during that brief period 

 we had three most agreeable meetings. The fame of TuUey's beau- 

 tiful combinations brought a flood of visitors to my house, and at last 

 I found it absolutely necessary to appoint a special night (Monday) 

 for our weekly meetings, and to this arrangement I am indebted for 

 my acquaintance with a numerous list of the most eminent natu- 

 rahsts of the age, and among them none was more welcome or 

 more highly valued than your present President, in whom it is un- 

 necessary to say that the lovers of the microscope found a valuable 

 assistant in the improvement of our favourite instrument. The 

 natural result of these periodical microscopical meetings was the 

 introduction of Tulley's beautiful combinations to a wide circle of 

 admirers, and a strong craving among naturalists for similar in- 

 struments, the demand for which was duly met by the exertions of 

 the first three eminent firms of opticians, Messrs. Eoss, Powell and 

 Lealand, and Smith and Beck's. 



The microscope is now firmly established as a household instru- 

 ment, and an invaluable assistant in aid of the education and mental 

 refinement of the rising generation. 



