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made in that mode of preparation which is now in 

 universal use. 



I often think that the directors of public mu- 

 seums commit an error in not giving more encou- 

 ragement, in a pecuniary point of view, to those 

 whom they engage to prepare the specimens. The 

 very moderate salary which these meritorious men 

 receive is not a sufficient requital for their services. 

 Moreover, the quantity of work which is required 

 at their hands too often prevents them from trying 

 experiments, which might probably prove of vast 

 utility to the establishments under their inspection. 

 Should this paper find its way across the water, 

 and attract the notice of our Gallic neighbours, who 

 are full of genius, and are remarkable for their per- 

 severance, I do not despair to see a great alteration 

 for the better at their magnificent establishment 

 for natural history in the Jardin des Plantes, on 

 my next visit to the French capital. 



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