MEMOIR OP BARON HALLER. 
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assiduously devoted himself ; and it would not he 
easy to state all that in this way he acomplished. 
During his residence at Gottingen he published an 
edition of a work of Rupp’s, which he greatly 
augmented, on the Flora of Jena ; and shortly after- 
wards, that of a German work, in which was col- 
lected every thing which related to the history of 
the representation and engraving of plants, and 
respecting those artists who had devoted themselves 
to this kind of work. In 1750, he became the 
editor of a German translation of Bufforis Natural 
History, to which he prefixed an able dissertation, 
which was speedily translated into French ; and 
also of a work of Formey’s entitled the Triumph of 
Evidence ; likewise of a “ Collection of Voyages 
and Travels," the utility of which he demonstrated 
in a lengthened preface. The only other works we 
shall add to this list are the Poems of Worlhof, a 
Dictionary of Natural History, by Messrs. Valmont 
and Bomare ; a Comparison between the Temperature 
of Switzerland and Canada ; and finally, a Treatise 
of the Baron de Lind upon The Veterinary Art. 
During the period of his stay at Gottingen, Haller 
often originated, and ever lent a ready and most 
sufficient help to such schemes as promised to sub- 
serve the interests of science, and to promote the 
public weal. Thus, in 1751, he procured a charter 
for the surgeons of the town, and on their incorpo- 
ration was elected their first president. He did 
the same important service for the Royal Society of 
Science ; drew up its original constitution, and was 
