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intercourse with them had inspired, by attending his sepulture in 
great numbers. He was buried in a spot previously selected by 
himself, in the crater of the extinct volcano in which his abode was, 
in the middle of the scenes which he had from his earliest years 
loved and studied, and taught others to feel a deep interest in. He 
died at the age of 83, on his way to Paris in order to take his seat 
in the Chamber of Peers, of which he was a member*. 
Anselme-Gaétan Desmarest, honorary member of the Royal 
Academy of Medicine, and Professor of Zoology at the Royal 
Veterinary College of Alfort, was the son of Nicolas Desmarest, 
who has just been mentioned as the predecessor of Montlosier in 
his theory of the volcanic origin of Auvergne. The son also em- 
ployed himself upon the same district; and published an enlarged 
and improved edition of his father’s map of Auvergne ;—a work 
which is still spoken of with admiration, for its fidelity and skil- 
ful construction, by all who explore that country. But the labours 
of the younger Desmarest were principally bestowed upon the 
other parts of natural history. We possess in our Library, extracted 
from various journals, and presented us by the author, his “ Notes 
on the impressions of marine bodies in the strata of Montmartre,” 
published in 1809; his “ Memoir on the Gyrogonite,” published in 
1810; to which he added, in 1812, the recognition of the analogy 
of this fossil with the fruit of the Chara, pointed out by his brother- 
in-law M. Léman; his review of a work by M. Daudebard de Fer- 
russac, on the Fossils of Freshwater Formations, in 1813; his me- 
moir on Two Genera of Fossil Chambered Shells, in 1817; and his 
“Natural History of the Proper Fossil Crustaceans,” published in 
1822 along with M. Brongniart’s “ Natural History of Fossil Tri- 
lobites.” In the “ Dictionaire d’Histoire Naturelle,” the article Ma- 
* Besides his “Essay on the Extinct Volcanoes of Auvergne,” M. 
de Montlosier was the author of the following works: ‘‘ Memoire 4 con- 
sulter sur un Systeme Religieux et Politique tendant 4 renverser la Re- 
ligion, la Société et le Tréne”’ (1826). <‘‘ Dénonciation aux Cours Roy- 
ales rélativement au Systeme Religieux et Politique signalé dans le Mé- 
moire 4 consulter,’”’ (1826). ‘‘ Mémoires de M. le Comte de Montlosier 
sur la Révolution Francaise, le Consulat, Empire, et les principaux 
Evénements qui ont suivis 1755-1830.” Of this work two volumes have 
appeared, which bring the narrative down to the author’s quitting the 
National Assembly in 1790. 
