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pedie Methodique." Lamarck laboured diligently 

 at his work, and even with too much precipitation, 

 for haste was injurious to correctness. He also drew 

 a series of plates to illustrate the different genera 

 of plants. These appeared, arranged according to 

 the Linnsean system, though contrary to the wish 

 of the author. Lamarck went on with the work 

 until the breaking out of the Revolution arrested 

 the publication of the Encyclopedic. 



In 1788 Lamarck was associated with Dau- 

 benton as botanist of the Cabinet du Jardin du 

 Roi, and charged with the preservation and 

 arrangement of the herbariums. Here, amidst 

 his peaceful occupations and studies, he remained 

 unmolested amidst all the troubles of the Revolu- 

 tion. But Lamarck was miserably poor ; his 

 pension for his services in the army, was less than 

 one shilling a day, and he wrote for bad pay. 

 Buffon could not give him a position worth any- 

 thing ; and it was not until the successor of that 

 great man came in office that Lamarck had a little 

 salary given to him as one of the assistants in the 

 herbarium. Even this miserable appointment was 

 not assured to him, for the National Assembly was 

 desirous of suppressing the establishment, and 

 finally did so. Lamarck had married, and had aj 

 family, and weary indeed must have been his life] 

 had he not been devoted to science. He took no 

 part in the French revolution, and whilst poverty 

 at home and danger out of doors were constant, he 

 persisted in studying nature. Years passed away, 



