y8 HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM. 



with him four naturalists : the persons appointed 

 to accompany him, were, Mauge and Levillain 

 for zoology, Ledru for botany, and Riedley, gar- 

 dener of the Museum , a man of active and inde- 

 fatigable zeal. 



Captain Baudin weighed anchor from Havre on 

 the3oth of September 1796. He was wrecked off 

 the Canary isles, but was furnished with another 

 vessel by the Spanish government, and shaped 

 his course towards Trinidad. That Island having 

 fallen into the hands of the English, so that it was 

 impossible to land , he repaired to Saint-Thomas ; 

 and thence, in a larger vessel, to Porto-Rico. 

 Having remained about a year in those two 

 islands, he returned to Europe, and entered the 

 port of Fecamp the 1 2th of June 1 798. His collec- 

 tions, forwarded by the Seine, arrived at the 

 Museum on the 1 2th of July following. 



Never had so great a number of living plants, 

 and especially of trees, from the West Indies, 

 been received at once : there were one hundr ed 

 large tubs, several of which contained stocks 

 from six to ten feet high. They had been so skil- 

 fully taken care of during the passage that they 

 arrived in full vegetation, and succeeded per- 

 fectly in the hot-houses. 



The result ot this voyage was not confined to 

 augmenting the store of living plants, but added 



