SECOND PERIOD. 3.1 



The saloons were open to the public two days 

 in each week, and the pupils had hours set a part 

 for study. Daubenton was always present to 

 give the necessary explanation , and foreign 

 naturalists often resorted to him for instruction. 



He thus divided his attention between the mi- 

 nute care of naming and arranging the objects | 

 and that of directing the students. His patience 

 was inexhaustible ; but the duties of his place 

 became too laborious for the exertions of an in- 

 dividual, and Buff on, perceiving the necessity of 

 naming an assistant , obtained the creation of a 

 place of subdemonstrator , to which he appoint- 

 ed the younger Daubenton , cousin of the for- 

 mer , with a salary of 2,400 francs. 



Whilst the collections yearly increased, either 

 by the contributions of naturalists and travel- 

 lers, or by acquisitions made by the king at the 

 solicitation of Buffon , the lectures were con- 

 tinued with activity and zeal : not that Buffon 

 himself attached the same importance to all the 

 sciences^ but because they were professed by 

 able men , who made personal sacrifices for the 

 prosperity of the establishment. 



Antony de Jussieu subserved its interests not 

 merely by his lectures , but by sending young 

 men at his own expence to travel through the 

 provinces, to collect seeds and plants. He form- 



