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great masters of science he was upon the most intimate terms, and 

 in constant correspondence. At Caen he met Lamouroux, and with 

 him studied corals, and was one of the writers of the ' Encyclopedic 

 Methodique,' as well as of the ' Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles ;' 

 he was likewise one of the principal founders of the Museum of 

 Natural History of Caen, and of the Linnean Society of Normandy, 

 which was established in 1823. He became Honorary Curator of 

 that Museum, which he continually augmented by personal exer- 

 tions ; and the Transactions of the Linnean Society are enriched 

 with many of his most important works. In 1825 he succeeded 

 Lamouroux as Professor of Zoology to the Faculty of Sciences of 

 Caen, and on the 22nd of October 1847 was named Dean of the 

 said Faculty, which chairs he retained until the day of his death. 

 No Professor could be more popular or more respected, and he in- 

 spired his pupils with a true love of science. 



Honours of all kinds were heaped upon him ; he was a Corre- 

 sponding Member of the Institute of France and of numerous other 

 academies and learned societies, an officer of the Legion of Honour, 

 and a Medallist of St. Helena, and was in March 1858 elected a 

 Foreign Member of the Geological Society of London. In 1861 he 

 received a silver medal from the Minister of Public Instruction. In 

 1863 a gold medal was presented to him as a reward for the first 

 portion of his work on ' Teleosaurus.' In 1864 another gold medal 

 was awarded to him by the Academy of Sciences of Houen. About 

 two years ago M. Deslongchamps had the great misfortune to lose 

 the sight of one of his eyes ; and the other having become much im- 

 paired, the calamity produced on his active mind a feeling of deep 

 depression. On the 15th of November last he assisted at the in- 

 augural opening of the Session of the Faculty of Sciences of Caen, 

 where his worthy and distinguished son was occupying his chair as 

 Professor of Zoology. Feeling his end fast approaching, his last 

 few days were spent in dictating to his son what was stiU necessary 

 in order to enable him to complete the great work on the Fossil 

 Crocodilian remains of Normandy, upon which he had laboured 

 during so many years. Remembering with satisfaction, and fre- 

 quently on his death-bed recalling to his family the compliment 

 paid to him by the Geological Society of London, he desired that 

 his last great work should be dedicated to that Society. On the 

 17th of January 1867 he expired, aged 73 years and one month. 

 In him France has lost one of her most distinguished naturalists, 

 and science one of her ablest votaries. 



In addressing you a twelvemonth ago, my predecessor in this chair 

 placed before you an account of the general progress of geology, as 

 indicated in a long array of publications, the contents of which, 

 gathered with an industry worthy of aU praise, he offered to the 

 Society in so readable a form as to attract and interest all its Fel- 

 lows. But if my esteemed friend thought it necessary to claim 

 your indulgence for the selection of certain works from amid a vast 



