72 HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM. 



and Joseph Redoute. These regulations and ap- 

 pointments were approved by the government. 



At the same time the library was disposed for 

 the reception of the books and drawings; which 

 last were contained in sixty-four portfolios. 



In 1794? M. Toscan was appointed librarian, 

 and M. Mordant Delaunay adjunct ; and the library 

 was opened to the public on the 7th of Sep- 

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The animals from the menagerie at Versailles , 

 those from Rincy, and others belonging to indi- 

 viduals who made a trade of exhibiting them for 

 gain, having been removed to the Museum in 

 1794, dens were formed under the galleries of 

 the cabinet for those which it was necessary to 

 confine , and the others were placed in stables, or 

 among the forest-trees along the rue de Buffon. 

 In the mean time, a small building at the extremity 

 of the avenue of horse chesnuts was arranged 

 as a temporary menagerie for ferocious beasts. 



The house of the intendant was disposed for 

 the lodging of two professors ; the saloons of the 

 cabinet were more perfectly arranged ; and it 

 was decided that new galleries should be con- 

 structed on the second floor : in fine a decision of 

 the committee of public instruction of September 

 1794, ordered the acquisition of the house and 

 lands adjoining the Museum on the north-west; 



