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house entirely to himself: the latter a newbuilding, containing a bath and every re-quisite for its huge inhabitant. Here arebears, tigers, lions, camels, and, in short,every animal usually found in such collec-tions. The museum of comparative ana-tomy, which is well stored with specimens,is situated on one side of the garden, andthe othe! side is occupied by a museum ofnatural history, the first perhaps in theworld. Near these gardens is the Pontd’Austerlitz, a beautiful iron bridge overthe Seine , finished by Napoleon in 1806.
My plan upon my arrival was to take acursory view of every thing, and then atleisure to select such objects as were themost interesting, and to inspect them moreclosely. The execution of this systemcould not fail of taking me often to the Lou-vre, where I generally passed an hour everymorning. In the lower gallery, among thestatues, that of the Venus de Medicis un-doubtedly claims our homage first. It isdifficult to fix the attention upon any thingbefore you have contemplated this unrival-led specimen of ancient sculpture, and afte