192 REAUMUR. 



festatioiis of rivalry which have produced so much 

 disquietude to some other naturalists ; and, as his 

 fortune was sufficient for his comfortable subsistence, 

 he was freed from those cares which distract the at- 

 tention, and enabled to pursue his favourite studies 

 with advantage.* 



* Biographie Universelle, art. Reaumur, tome xxxvii. p. 198. 



