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ment should continue under that form of admi- 

 nistration, which necessitated the election of a 

 yearly director, chosen by the professors, and 

 appointed according to their vote. A second 

 edition of the Fossil Remains was published in 

 I8I7, the preliminary discourse of which under- 

 went several more editions. The R6gne Ani- 

 mal was also brought out in this year, which 

 classed every branch of zoology according to its 

 organisation. In 1818 M. Cuvier made a jour- 

 ney to England with his family and his secre- 

 tary, the excellent M. Laurillard, and where he 

 remained about six weeks, visiting every thing 

 worthy of notice in London. His remark to 

 his Majesty George IV. concerning our na- 

 tural history was, that if the private collections 

 could be amassed into one, they would form a 

 great national museum, which would surpass 

 every other. At this period the election for 

 Westminster was going forward, and he fre- 

 quently dwelt on the amusement he had re- 

 ceived from being on the hustings every day. 

 These orgies of liberty were then unknown in 

 France, and it was a curious spectacle for a man 

 who reflected so deeply on every thing whicli 

 passed before him, to see and hear our orators 

 crying out at the tops of their voices to the 



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