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and he never hesitated procuring any object of natural his- 

 tory at his own expense, original cost and freight included, 

 from every quarter of the globe ; not for himself, but to pre- 

 sent it to the Museum : and if to these be added his hospi- 

 tality, and his generous assistance to others, the small 

 amount of the property he left behind him may be easily 

 accounted for. He desired to be buried without ceremony, 

 in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, under the tombstone 

 which covered his daughter ; but it was not possible for such 

 a man to die without much public manifestation of respect 

 at the last sad ceremony. The funeral procession was fol- 

 lowed by a deputation from the Council of State, presided 

 by the Keeper of the Seals ; also from the Academies of 

 Sciences, of Inscriptions, of Medicine, of France; by mem- 

 bers of the two Chambers, the Ecole Polytechnique, &c. 

 The earthly remains were alternately borne by pupils from 

 the laboratories of the Jardin des Plantes, from the Schools 

 d'Urfort, of Law, and of Medicine, and first taken to the 

 Protestant Church in the Rue des Billettes. The pall was 

 supported by M. Pasquier, president of the Chamber of 

 Peers ; M. Devaux, counsellor of state ; M. Arago, secreta- 

 ry of the Academy of Natural Sciences ; and M. Yillemain, 

 vice-president of the Royal Council of Public iVistruction. 

 Different members of the learned and legislative bodies, each 

 pronounced a funeral discourse over the grave, according to 

 the usual custom of the country. A monumental statue is 

 to be erected in the Jardin des Plantes, another at Montbe- 

 liard, the size and materials of which depend on the amount 

 of the subscriptions. The King has also ordered a marble 

 bust, by M. Pradhier, to be placed in the Institute ; and an- 

 other to be placed in the Galleries of Anatomy, by M. Da- 

 vid. M. Cuvieris succeeded by Baron Dupin (the elder) at 

 the Academic Fran^aise, and by Dr. Dulong* at the Aca- 

 demie des Sciences. M. de Blainville is appointed profes- 

 sor of comparative anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes. 



which he was employed : they made his house appear large ; but, in real- 

 ity, the habitable part of it was scarcely of sufficient extent for his comfort, 

 when it is considered how many visitors he was there obhged, by his 

 places, to entertain. 



* Since writing the above, M. Dulong has resigned his secretaryship, 

 on account of his health. 



