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' In the afternoon I went with Dr. Lauth 

 (who lodges in the same hotel and desires to be 

 remembered kindly and respectfully to yourself, 

 Mrs. Clift, and all the family) to the Institute. 

 There I saw Cuvier, Humboldt, Geoffroy St.- 

 Hilaire, Blainville, Chaptal, Latreille, Jussieu, 

 Dupuytren, Dutrochet (who read a paper), Milne 

 Edwards, and also Mr. Underwood and Pentland. 

 The latter promised to meet me in the museum 

 this (Friday) morning to prove to me that the 

 ox's bone is an elephant's ; and he is going to- 

 morrow to England, and will, I hope, take this 

 letter to you. 



' Since Monday I have spent every morning 

 in the Museum of Comparative Anatomy and have 

 examined four of the rooms. The labels on the 

 preparations are more useful than ornamental, but 

 I shall not say more here on this subject, as I 

 have made notes in my journal. I have not yet 

 seen any of the sights, waiting till the weather is 

 a little cooler, for every day till to-day it has been 

 at about 75 or 80 in the shade. I have occasional 

 lessons in the afternoon on the violoncello from 

 Baudiot, 9 who teaches at the Conservatoire, and I 

 think with some little benefit already. I gene- 

 rally read the papers at Galignani's after dinner, 

 where yesterday I met McWhinnie, who stayed 



9 This old man's proudest him and offered him a pinch of 

 boast was that the Emperor snuff after one of his perform- 

 Napoleon one day came up to ances on the 'cello. 



