[33] Bern. Germ. Étienne, Comte de Lacépède, born in 1756, died in 1825, was elected professor of the zoölogy of "quadrupedes ovipares, reptiles, et poissons," January 12, 1795 (Records of the Museum). He was the author of works on amphibia, reptiles, and mammals, forming continuations of Buffon's _Histoire Naturelle_. He also published _Histoire Naturelle des Poissons_ (1798-1803), _Histoire des Cétacés_ (1804), and _Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme_ (1827), _Les Ages de la Nature et Histoire de l'Espèce Humaine_, tome 2, 1830. [34] Perrier, _l. c._, p. 14. [35] _Fragments Biographiques_, p. 214. [36] _Fragments Biographiques_, p. 213. [37] A few years ago, when we formed the plan of writing his life, we wrote to friends in Paris for information as to the exact house in which Lamarck lived, and received the answer that it was unknown; another proof of the neglect and forgetfulness that had followed Lamarck so many years after his death, and which was even manifested before he died. Afterwards Professor Giard kindly wrote that by reference to the _procès verbaux_ of the Assembly, it had been found by Professor Hamy that he had lived in the house of Buffon. The house is situated at the corner of Rue de Buffon and Rue Geoffroy St. Hilaire. The courtyard facing Rue Geoffroy St. Hilaire bears the number 2 Rue de Buffon, and is in the angle between the Galerie de Zoologie and the Bibliothèque. The edifice is a large four-storied one. Lamarck occupied the second _étage_, what we should call the third story; it was first occupied by Buffon. His bedroom, where he died, was on the _premier étage_. It was tenanted by De Quatrefages in his time, and is at present occupied by Professor G. T. Hamy; Professor L. Vaillant living in the first _étage_, or second story, and Dr. J. Deniker, the _bibliothécaire_ and learned anthropologist, in the third. The second _étage_ was, about fifty years ago (1840-50), renovated for the use of Fremy the chemist, so that the exact room occupied by Lamarck as a study cannot be identified. This ancient house was originally called _La Croix de Fer_, and was built about two centuries before the foundation of the Jardin du Roi. It appears from an inspection of the notes on the titles and copies of the original deeds, preserved in the Archives, and kindly shown me by Professor G. T. Hamy, the Archivist of the Museum, that this house was erected in 1468, the deed being dated _1xbre_, 1468. The house is referred to as _maison ditte La Croix de Fer_ in deeds of 1684, 1755, and 1768. It was sold by Charles Roger to M. le Compte de Buffon, March 23, 1771. One of the old gardens overlooked by it was called _de Jardin de la Croix_. It was originally the first structure erected on the south side of the Jardin du Roi.