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especialy petite JLuxemburge. The ascent of the 

 streete is handsome from its breadth, situation, and 

 buildings. 



The next morning I went to the Garden of Monsieur 

 Morine, who from being an ordinary gardner is become 

 one of the most skillfull and curious persons in France 

 for his rare collection of shells, flowers, & insects. 



His Garden is of an exact oval figure, planted with 

 cypresse cutt flat & set even as a wall: the tulips, 

 anemonies, ranunculus's, crocus's, &c. are held to be 

 of the rarest, and draw all the admirers of such things 

 to his house during the season. He lived in a kind of 

 Hermitage at one side of his garden, where his collec- 

 tion of purselane and coral, whereof one is carved into 

 a large Crucifix, is much esteemed. He has also 

 bookes of prints, by Albert fjDurer], Van Leyden, 

 Calot, &c. His collection of all sorts of insects, 

 especially of Butterflys, is most curious ; these he 

 spreads and so medicates that no corruption invading 

 them, he keepes them in drawers, so plac'd as to 

 represent a beautifull piece of tapistre. 



He shew'd me the remarks he had made on their 

 propagation, which he promis'd to publish. Some of 



