Chapter VI. 



PARIS AND VIENNA. 



After his disappointment with the Londoners 

 Brown cast about in search of a new anchorage, 

 for he was drifting hopelessly in that still uncharted 

 sea of palaeontology. Through the kind offices 

 of several members of the French Mission in 

 Basutoland, with whom he kept up a lifelong 

 correspondence on scientific matters, he was put 

 in contact with the authorities of the Museum of 

 Natural History in Paris. 



The Director, Professor A. de Quatrefages, 

 wrote to him saying how delighted he was at 

 the prospect of getting a batch of fossils for 

 examination. He nominated Professor d'Archiac 

 as the expert who would describe the specimens, 

 and he promised (1) that he would communicate 

 the results of his investigations to him, (2) that 

 he would consider it more a favour than a due 

 to send him some books on geology, etc., and 

 (3) that the Imperial Museum would bear com- 

 pletely all charges and expenses incurred in 

 sending the specimens and fossils. 



Brown was pleased at getting this definite 

 promise in black and white, and he set about 

 fulfilling his side of the contract. At the first 



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