10 Memoirs of DeCandolle. 
obstinate, egotistical, prodigiously occupied with the material part of life, . 
and in inventions in the smallest matters. He was engrossed with chim- _ 
her housekeeping. Mdme. Lavoisier-Rumford ..... was a woman of 
very decided character. A widow for twelve or fifteen years, she had 
been in the habit of having her own way, and did not like to be contra- 
dicted. Her mind was broad, her will strong, her character masculine. 
She was capable of ert friendship, and I could always congratulate 
myself on her kindness to me. Her second marriage was soon distur 
joying. er obtained erty and the title of Countess: both were satis- 
fied. could now arrange the house at Auteuil as he liked: she con- 
tinued re receive a select circle at hers 
Of this racy and unflattering sete! we have only to aaa 
that, however it may have been as to the pension, Rumford’s 
cuniary means, as shown by his endowments and legacies in t is 
country, were more considerable than DeCandolle supposed. 
s to reminiscences of distinguished savanis, we loo 
_ forward a year or two in the a and select the follovitgh 
And first, of a person who was well known to a past generation, 
and to some who still satis a SS 
was made Minister; and his first act was to overthrow the Inquisition. 
But the Prince died just as he was coming of age, and Correa was left 
exposed to the hatred and jealousy of the priests. After a while he ob- 
tained permission to go to England, where he lived in the society of the 
savants of which Sir Joseph Banks’ house was the centre. Afterwards 
he removed to Paris, where he also lived among savants and men of let- 
ters, and where he showed the most noble character when eo siezure of 
oe canal Freres quite below his talents; but in conversation 
all his various knowledge and his ingenious views were sapien exhi- 
bited. In these days Humboldt and Cuvier often came to my lodgings, 
where they occasionally met Correa. Although their pet & was far 
above his, and justly so, on account of their published works, yet Correa 
always got the advantage over them; and it was by no means the least 
