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were exhausted by the public misfortunes, and 

 it was at first impossible to afford the requisite 

 supplies. As it had suffered less than other 

 establishments, there was less to repair, and 

 during the two first years, only 2 7 5, 000 francs, 

 instead of 3oo,ooo, were granted for its expen- 

 diture : but every thing had been subsequently 

 replaced on the former footing, and since the 

 administration of M. Laine, extraordinary funds 

 have been granted for essential purposes. 



The cabinet of anatomy, which was too con- 

 fined for the collection, has been trebled in ex- 

 tent by the addition of the neighbouring build- 

 ings: a hall on the ground floor now contains 

 the larger skeletons, and different classes of ob- 

 jects occupy the divisions of the gallery above. 



These arrangements being finished in 181 7, the 

 lodge for the beasts of prey, whichhad been long 

 since planned, was begun by order of M. Laine 

 in March 1818, and the animals were removed 

 into it in the spring of 1821. 



This edifice, of regular but simple architecture, 

 forms a beautiful decoration at one extremity of 

 the menagerie, corresponding with the green- 

 house at the other. More ground has since been 

 acquired for the herbivorous animals, and we 

 have hopes that the remainder on the rue de 

 Seine will soon be added, agreeably to the long 



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