MEMOIR OF CUVIER. 31 



but his brother entered at once into liis feelings and 

 pursuits, and rendered him every assistance in his 

 power. He still survives, and is well known to 

 science by his beautiful work on the Mammalia *. 



A short while after his appointment to the chair 

 of Daubenton, M. Cuvier married. He chose for his 

 partner the widow of M. Duvaucel, Fermier-Gene- 

 ral, who fell a victim to the disturbances of 1 794. 

 She proved the excellency of his choice, and secured 

 to him domestic happiness, as far as it was in the 

 controul of an amiable temper and disposition, while 

 her strong mental endowments rendered her a com- 

 panion fitting for the mind of her husband. 



His time was now exclusively spent in conducting 

 his various researches, particularly those which re- 

 lated to fossil osteology, which we shall notice when 

 peaking of his great work. The results of these 

 researches were given in memoirs to the various so- 

 cieties of which he was member, almost as soon as they 

 were concluded, and, if collected, would form a se- 

 ries of volumes of great extent and interest. These 

 studies were, however, again for some time inter- 

 rupted by the commands of the Emperor. Cuvier 

 was appointed one of the Counsellors of the Imperial 

 University, and, as a part of the duties of this of- 

 tice, he was ordered to superintend the establishment 



* M. Frederic Cuvier is now Keeper of the Menagerie 

 in the Jardin des Plantes. The " Histoire Naturelles dea 

 Mammiferes" is a splendid folio work in 6 volumes, con- 

 taining lithographic drawings of the animals in the Parisian 

 menagerie. 



