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nECIIEIlCIIES SllR LA COMPOSITION 



sion, ;i (iciix v('sicii|(.s-(ill('s, doiil, V\mr coiilcii.-iil lo luich'ole do hi rclhilc- 

 niero, (.-iiidis (jiic WmHv oUul itririiilivciiKMil <lrj)()(ii'vnc dc cc roiinisciilc. 

 Apir.s 111) ci'vUun Iciiij.s , mi imcirolc apipnil dans rH\r .s(>r(.nd(' vesindc. Mais 

 si Ton foiisidnr, d^iii colo, i\ur. Ics roiidilioiis (in cc jcuiic h-uI' sc (movail 

 place claiciil loni a fail, anormalcs, clipic, d^iin aidrc cole, on vc Hvirrr jnmnis 

 n /'/ii/rr/riir (Irs Inlii-s ovan'nis dc. jnuirs vr.sini/rs f/rniinialm's n, voir tir 

 iliriswii , oil poiin-i !«>i;i(iiticrnciil cnicKrc \\u doiilc siir la porln; dc ccll(> 

 ohscrvniioii vl so dciiiandcr si cclK- niidliplicaiioii ifclail pas ini pliciioiiiciic 

 aiiormal <'l, (oiil a Tail accidciilcj. 



M. Pllii-cr cilc a rappui dc scs (d.sccvalioiis cclics (pic ,\1. Mcissiicr a failcs 

 <'lic/ Ics Nciiialodcs c(. qui iik 'ciil .pic 1\m.,-cih'>sc , Icllc (pic Ic savanl pro- 



!T-iicaiiiiii;d. On sail (pic M. Mcissncr a s(M!I.c!ui (pic, chcz Ics .N("iiialodcs, i( 

 Iniil disliiii^Micrdeiix p.'riodcsdans Too-cncsc cl (pic, dans Ic -cnni-(-nc d*. ccs 

 aiiiinaiix, sc rorniciK Ics cclliilcs-nN'rcs dcs (ciifs, (pii, aiTiv('cs dans Ic vilcl- 

 loi^cnc, donncnl naissancc, par hoiiri^conncnicnl , a dcs (cufs (pii linisscnl par 

 scs('parcrc.oinpl('l(Mncnl, dc la soiichc. J'ai fail voir plus haul, ipic ccs (djscr- 

 vali(.ns dc 1\1. Mcissncr soul, conipl('lcincnl, crnuu-cs cl, (pu; Ionics Ics obscf- 

 valions failcs sur Ics N('nialodcs par MM. Mnnck, TJapairdc, Sclincidcr cl 

 Lcnckarl, (h'monlrcnl, a r('vi(lcncc, <pic M. McissixM- a sonlcnn line opinion 

 loiil a fail d('ponrviic dc foiidcnicnl. (/appni (pic M. [>niii^(>r a clicrch(- dans 

 l(\s (discrvalions dc M. Mcissncr ifa done anciinc valcnr; cl si re mode ,h for- 

 nialion dcs (cufs clicz !(\s manHdifeirs ('lail. cxaci , il scrail, conlrairc a lonlcc 

 qui a <"l('' ol)scrv(' clic/ Ics aulrcs ;-roni)cs. .Ic iic puis done consid(-rcr coisiiuc 

 (Malilis, ni run ni I'aulrc dcs deux js.inis rondanienlaiix dc la lli(>(.ric dc 

 M. Pfliigcr. Les preuvcs par Ics.picllcs il a cl.crcli<- a clahlir sa lln'oric dc 

 rooj^cn(>sc, qui coinprcnd, d'apivs Ini, th'ux p("i-iodcs dislinclcs, sonl Ircs- 

 sujcllcs a camion; il ircn a i^iu'rc d(mii('^, pour appu>cr Ic premier poini 

 ■fondamcnlal, cl l(>. second ifcsl (pruuc cons.Hptcncc d('coulanl loul naliir(>!lc- 

 mcnl (III premier. 



.rai iiilcrpirl<' lonl anlrcmenl Ics ohscrvalions <pic j'ai pn faircjcl Ics 

 (igurcs (pN- M. PHiii^cr a donn«-cs conlirmcnl idcincnicnl ma imnmv. do voir, 

 si Ton fail alislraclioii de la jig. //. d(! la pi. H. 



