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countries. If an animal dies, which is not in the 

 galleries of zoology and anatomy, its skin is 

 stuffed, the skeleton is prepared, and the soft 

 parts are preserved in spirits ; nor is the pre- 

 caution neglected of searching the body for in- 

 testinal worms : thus, besides the advantages for 

 studying living nature, from the menagerie the 

 cabinet and the collection of drawings are daily 

 enriched. 



In 1806, the cabinet of comparative anatomy 

 was temporarily disposed for the admission of 

 the public ; who saw methodically arranged, not 

 only the skeletons of numerous animals, but a 

 series of all their organs , prepared by M. Cuvier, 

 or under his direction. 



While occupied in forming the cabinet, M. Cu- 

 vier discovered that the greater part of fossil 

 bones have no specific identity with existing ani- 

 mals; and wishing to pursue his researches he 

 neglected no means to assemble a collection of 

 remains. Some very remarkable ones were found 

 in the quarries of Montmartre; others were sent 

 him from Germany and other countries. In a se- 

 ries of memoirs in the Annals of the Museum , he 

 made known several species of quadrupeds, that 

 existed before the last revolution that changed the 

 surface of the globe, far more ancient than those 

 found amongst the mummies of Egypt, and dif- 



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