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four thousand Iraiies in the saiV, and, much to the disap- 

 pointment of the insurgents, this was all that they found 

 when, a day or two later, they made the anticipated raid. 

 Apprehensive that the treasure might, in some way, be 

 traced, Broca devised a bold scheme for its removal to Ver- 

 sailles. A wagon loaded with potatoes started for the hos- 

 pital of Ivry with the precious carpet-bags concealed under- 

 neath them, and as soon as it had safely passed the outmost 

 guard, the wagon was turned toward Versailles, which it 

 reached in safety, and the bags were duly delivered to the 

 over-prudent president. The amount thus saved to the 

 government by Broca's firmness was seventj^-'five millions 

 of francs, ($15,000,000.) After the victory and the return 

 to Paris, the directory of the Public Assistance was dis- 

 solved, and not even a vote of thanks was offered for this 

 eminent service. 



Broca was not the man to trouble himself about com- 

 pliments. He had done his duty and now all his energies 

 were devoted to bringing forward his beloved science. He 

 founded the Revue d'anthropologle, the first number of which 

 appeared in 1872, and this journal he continued to edit as 

 long as he lived. His next undertaking was to establish a 

 School of Anthropology, and so irresistible were the ardor 

 and persuasion he brought to bear that in May, 1875, the 

 Dean of the Faculty assigned him the second story over the 

 Musee Dupuytren for the new school. For the purpose of 

 furnishing and starting it, the sum of thirty-five thousand 

 francs was subscribed by twenty-three members of the so- 

 ciety. The work was commenced iri July and completed in 

 the following spring. The new scliool, however, was not to 

 escape its share of opposition. The clerical party denounced 

 the project without ceasing, branding its professors as 

 atheists and materialists, and so thoroughly did they succeed 

 in alarming the Minister of Public Instruction that that 

 functionary was, with great difficult}^ persuaded to author- 

 ize the scliool to proceed ; when he, at last, did so, it was 

 only for a year, and every difficulty and discouragement 

 was thrown in the wav. 



