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ta the notice of curiosity in tl1emsePves. ln fne former; the a'ttendantinentioned tnat thecameF could not be bronghtr to generate. 'PRishas been elsewhere adverted to.8ureiy tneit Hlrùstrious couIl1'1;pymanthe great Buffon could not have' been silent on the subject.ln theaviary, amidst aH the beautiiul varieties of the pheasant tribe, no trace.D·ft inJormaÜon ~:onJdbe- obtained. of the francolin of tInie south:-west dfFrance. ls the species extinct.? OG the gaF'den tIlle arratngement 1& no·d.ouibt scientific: it has tue more obvions merits, too"o1t lI>eiilllg- :Ïllllitel,.ligible and. accessible to aU; as. has, ind:eed, i1: mnzrstibe-a1clrJJliÏllted.,.evierytlliling in theway OF scienlêé he,c,wkere oh e,verry occalsion a petTson pre..eceFl,ts himse~faible and wiŒngto sIlow. Vatils aIle taken, !D'ut they are uote~aeted, and hardJ'y seemexpeeted. As- ta the comnnmity, it does not.seem t(} t'hink payment could possi.bljbe leoked. for, fÔfany tlling thatis t0' be see'n by day-light. The IiheraIFty w'itk whiclt the wm:ks oj'art ofaIt descriptions are tht:OWFl open here to the admirati~t1 ~t' llHlF1kin~ completely