312 MUSEUMS. 
made in that mode of preparation which is now in 
universal use. 
I often’ think that the directors of public mu- 
seums commit an error in not giving more encou- 
ragement, in a pecuniary point of view, to those 
whom they engage to prepare the specimens. The 
very moderate salary which these meritorious men 
receive is not a sufficient requital for their services. 
Moreover, the quantity of work which is required 
at their hands too ‘often prevents them from trying 
experiments, which might probably prove of vast 
utility to the establishments under their inspection. 
Should this paper find its way across the water, 
and attract the notice of our Gallic neighbours, who 
are full of genius, and are remarkable for their per- 
severance, I do not despair to see a great alteration 
for the better at their magnificent establishment 
for natural history in the Jardin des Plantes, on 
my next visit to the French capital. 
_ Lonpon: 
Printed by A. Sporriswoopg, 
New-Street-Square. 
