THIRD PERIOD. Io3 



The necessity of these additions to the build- 

 ings must be obvious from the enumeration of 

 those made to the contents of the cabinet. Besides 

 the collections already mentioned, the Corsican 

 rocks of M. Rampasse, were purchased by the 

 Emperor, to complete the series of M. de Barral. 

 In 1808, M. Geoffroy brought from Lisbon a very 

 beautiful collection in every branch of natural 

 history. In 1809, the minister procured the 

 samples of North American wood, collected by 

 M. Michaux, author of a valuable history of the 

 forest-trees of that country ; and also a herba- 

 rium, containing the original specimens for the 

 Flora of his father, who died in Madagascar. In 

 1810, twenty-four animals arrived from the me- 

 nagerie of the King of Holland ; minerals were 

 sent from Italy and Germany, by M. Marcel de 

 Serres; and presents of several animals, and a 

 beautiful herbarium from Cayenne, by M. Martin, 

 superintendant of the nurseries in that colony (1). 



In the disastrous year of i8i3 the budget of 

 the Museum was reduced, and important enter- 

 prises were deferred till better times. Even the 



(1) M. Martin has introduced the culture of the bread-fruit, by 

 flips of a stock brought from the Friendly Islands by MM. la Billar- 

 diere and de la Haye, and sent him after being kept a year in the hot- 

 house of the Museum: he had several years before carried from the 

 Isle of France to Cayenne the clove, nutmeg, and pepper trees, which 

 at present yield abundantly. 



