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veries fhoiild have beea loft or difperfed 

 after the death of this indefatigable man, 

 who was carried off when he was juft on 

 the point of enjoying the fruits of his ufeful 

 refearches. I have been an eye wltnefs to 

 the wonderful activity of this learned man, 

 who often fpent whole nights in preparing 

 and defcribing the plants and other produc- 

 tions which he had colleded under a 

 fcorching fun, I doubt m\xdh whether any 

 naturalift ever difplayed more zeal or more 

 extenfive knowledge. But what remains 

 at prefent of that immenfe colledion which 

 he fhewed us at the Ifle of France, and with 

 the more fatisfadion as it coft him a great 

 deal of labour ?■ — Nothing, or at leaft fcarce- 

 ly any thing. I can call to witnefs M, de 

 Juffieu, who was fo kind as to tranfmit to 

 me fuch fragments of his valuable refearches 

 as he was able to procure. Thefe melan- 

 choly remains of the unwearied labours of 



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