72 Biographical Notice of Alcide D’ Orbigny. 
Mr. D’Orbigny commenced in 1826 his travels for the Ma 
seum, under the auspices of the government. As a studentat — 
Rochelle, D’Orbigny passed his earlier years on the sea-shore, | 
and employed much of his time in examining the natural pro — 
ductions thrown ashore by the waves. Before he had attained — 
afterwards went through the Republic of Peru, and, when 
returned to France, had visited all that portion of the earth from 
the 11th to the 12th degree of latitude, and from the Pacific 0 
the Atlantic Ocean. | 
As the product of this voyage, Mr. D’Orbigny brought home 
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