BARON CUVIER. 3^7 



ance 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 P^re la Chaise, under the tomb- 

 stone 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 followed 

 by a deputation from the Council of State, pre- 

 sided by the Keeper of the Seals ; also from the 

 Academies of Sciences, of Inscriptions, of Medi- 

 cine, of France ; by members of the two Cham- 

 bers, the Ecole Poly technique, &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, se- 

 cretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences ; 

 and M. Villemain, vice-president of the Royal 

 Council of Public Instruction. Different mem- 

 bers 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 



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