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many new objects in zoology and botany, and several living animals ; 

 among which was the young elephant now in the menagerie. Each 

 of the collections was accompanied with explanatory catalogues and 

 memoirs relative to the productions and culture of the country. On 

 his way home he stopped at Ceylon, where he remained some time, and 

 whence he brought a very rich collection. After a few months stay in 

 Paris, M. Leschenault embarked for South America, where he is to visit 

 all Che French settlements. 



M. Milbert sailed for New York in i8i4; he has made eighteen re- 

 mittances of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles and fishes ; he has also sent us 

 several living animals which had never been in the menagerie, and 

 which are still seen there. 



M. Lesueur, attached as painter of natural history to captain Bau- 

 din's expedition. During the voyage he became intimately connected 

 with Peron, and gave himself up entirely to the study of zoology. He 

 went to the United States in 1814, and has made us two remittances 

 of birds and fishes, and communicated several memoirs for the Annals 

 of the Museum. 



M. de Saint-Hilaire (Augustus) went to Rio Janeiro in 1816 ; he has 

 traversed several provinces of Brazil, and made four remittances of 

 quadrupeds, birds, shell-fish and insects. Botany being his principal 

 object, it is in that branch that his collection is most extensive. He has 

 returned this year with a considerable addition to what he had already 

 sent. His memoirs on several families of plants, inserted in the Annals 

 before and after his departure, prove that he possesses equally the 

 talent of observation and that of philosophic induction. We are con- 

 vinced that he will thoroughly make known the Flora of Brazil. 



M. Diard went to the East Indies in 1816. As soon as the affairs 

 which called him thither were terminated, he gave himself up entirely 

 to his taste for zoology and anatomy, which he had studied under 

 M. Cuvier, having assisted him in researches on the developement of 

 the foetus, and on the eggs of quadrupeds. Being joined by M. Du- 

 vaucel at Calcutta, they proceeded together in their researches, visited 

 Chandernagor, Sumatra, and several islands of the Indian archipelago, 

 and sent home the first Cashmere goat seen in France, and many new 

 objects of zoology. They then separated to embrace a wider range. 

 M. Diard proceeded to Java, whence he has sent us a considerable re - 

 millan</c, and thence to Cochin-China. 



