94 MEMOIRS OF 



This edition consists of five quarto volumes, two 

 of which are divided into two parts; and among 

 the numerous hghts thrown upon living objects, 

 and on the construction of the earth, we find 

 the resurrection of numerous species of mam- 

 malia, birds, reptiles, &c., making in all 168 

 vertebrated animals, which form 50 genera, and 

 of which fifteen are new. They have been 

 named by M. Cuvier, placed by him in the 

 range of created beings, and belong to every 

 order except Quadrumana, of which, as well as 

 the human race, not a single relic has yet been 

 found in a fossil state. All their localities have 

 been stated, and all the collections mentioned 

 wliere they have been preserved, witli a labo- 

 rious fidelity and extraordinary erudition. He 



for which he had long and vainly sought. So occupied 

 had he been by it, that when he appeared to be particu- 

 larly absent, his family were wont to accuse him of seeking 

 his fore foot. The next morning the able operator and 

 draftsman was engaged as secretary ; and M. Cuvier not 

 only attached to himself a powerful coadjutor, but an affec- 

 tionate and faithful friend, devoted to him during life, and 

 now finding his greatest happiness in doing and saying that 

 which he thinks will most honour the memory of one so 

 loved and revered. He is appointed, by the will of M. Cuvier, 

 to finish and publish all the drawings they had made together 

 for the great work, which he called the " Grande Anatomic 

 comparee," — and most fervently must all followers of the 

 science wish for its appearance. 



