LAST DAYS AND DEATH 



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by which we could trace the site after the changes 

 wrought since 1829. After several ineffectual at- 

 tempts, I finally perceived a fiat grave, surrounded 

 by an iron railing, and covered with weeds. Its sur- 

 face seemed to me very regular, and I probed this lot. 



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POSITION OF THE BURIAL PLACE OF LAMARCK IN THE CEMETERY 

 OF MONTPARNASSE. 



There was a gravestone there. The grave-digger 

 who accompanied us cleared away the surface, and 

 I confess that it was with the greatest pleasure 

 and with deep emotion that we read the name 

 Dassas. 



" We found the place, but unfortunately, as I have 



