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the other interesting topics before enumerated. This 

 work, which was published in French, was accom- 

 panied by a valuable atlas, of twenty-five plates, 

 containing the maps illustrative of his geographical 

 labours, and the plans of towns, rivers, and har- 

 bours, the result of his statistical inquiries ; as also 

 a considerable number of admirable plates of those 

 animals and birds which were least known. This 

 work was superintended by his brother Nicolas, at 

 that time ambassador from the court of Madrid to 

 that of France, and by the well known naturalist 

 "Walckenaer, who seems to have performed his part 

 of the task with great fidelity and care. To these 

 volumes he subjoined the Natural History of the 

 Province of Cochabamba, on the eastern slopes of 

 the Andes, drawn up by the German naturalist 

 Tadeo Haenk; and which contained much new 

 and important matter. 



We must now trace our author's footsteps in 

 those various investigations and labours, the results 

 of which are contained in his writings ; and though 

 the outline we can give of these productions must 

 be slight, and our exposition too much like bringing 

 a brick whereby to display the character of the edi- 

 fice, yet it will at once appear that Azara was no 

 common man, and that having been placed in ex- 

 tremely favourable circumstances, he improved them 

 far beyond what could have been supposed possible. 



On the important mission w^hich was the occasion 

 of his long residence in these regions, we w r ill not 

 dwell longer than to say, that notwithstanding all 



