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the solicitations of the professor, and to give his im- 

 portant aid to the undertaking. Baron Harlemann, 

 the king's architect, furnished the plan. Hothouses 

 were erected, walks formed, ponds dug, plots fur- 

 nished with plants ; in short, the garden soon assum- 

 ed a most promising appearance. A house was also 

 built for the accommodation of the teacher, who had 

 no longer any cause to complain of the neglect of his 

 countrymen. In the early part of this year his wife 

 presented him with a son ; so that in all respects he 

 was a happy man. 



At this point ends the more romantic portion of 

 this illustrious individual's life. His continued strug- 

 gles for subsistence, for the acquisition of loiowledge, 

 for fame, for an honourable independence, were now 

 crowned with success. His rivals had shrunk from 

 the contest, his calumniators had fallen into deserved 

 obscurity, his merits had been acknowledged at 

 home and abroad, his perseverance, his ardoiu*, and 

 his acuteness of observation, were duly estimated. 

 While yet in the vigour of manhood, he had attained 

 the honour and emolument that are often deferred 

 to cheer only the declining years of the votary of 

 science. On the other hand, how many individuals 

 have toiled through a life of continued misery, with- 

 out ever reaching that haven into which the gentle 

 breezes of prosperity had already wafted our ardent 

 adventurer. 



