1824-33 VISIT TO THE ‘INSTITUTE’ 57 
‘ In the afternoon I went with Dr. Lauth 
(who lodges in the same hotel and desires to be 
remembered kindly and respectfully to yourself, 
Mrs. Clift, and all the family) to the Institute. 
There I saw Cuvier, Humboldt, Geoffroy St.- 
Hilaire, Blainville, Chaptal, Latreille, Jussieu, 
Dupuytren, Dutrochet (who read a paper), Milne 
Edwards, and also Mr. Underwood and Pentland. 
The latter promised to meet me in the museum 
this (Friday) morning to prove to me that the 
ox’s bone is an elephant’s ; and he is going to- 
Wiorrow to England, and will, I hope, take this 
letter to you. 
‘ Since Monday I have spent every morning 
in the Museum of Comparative Anatomy and have 
examined four of the rooms. The labels on the 
preparations are more useful than ornamental, but 
1 shall not say more here on this subject, as I 
have made notes in my journal. I have not yet 
seen any of the sights, waiting till the weather is 
n little cooler, for every day till to-day it has been 
nt about 75 or 80 in the shade. I have occasional 
lessons in the afternoon on the violoncello from 
Baudiot,” who teaches at the Conservatoire, and I 
think with some little benefit already. I gene- 
rally read the papers at Galignani’s after dinner, 
tvhere yesterday I met McWhinnie, who stayed 
" This old man’s proudest him and offered him a pinch of 
t'oast was that the Emperor snuff after one of his perform- 
tfapoleon one day came up to ances on the ’cello. 
