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M. POLLEN, being fond of sport, and having a mind to travel, after consulting Professor Schlegel, started for Madagascar, and spent there a considerable time exploring that and the neighbouring islands, having M. C. Van Dam for companion and preparer of skins, &c. He now publishes the results of his expedition, in large quarto, with profuse illustration in the form of lithographic plates. There are to be five parts to this work—(1) The account of the expedition, (2) the mammifers and birds, (3) the reptiles, (4) the fish, (5) the insects, Crustacea, and molluscs. M. Pollen writes the first himself, whilst Professors Schlegel, Bleeker, Vollenhoven, Herklots, and Selys Longchamps assist in the more strictly scientific portion. At present we have only M. Pollen's account of his voyage before us, which is written in a popular style— as he says in the preface—and is as interesting as could be expected. We should suppose that M. Pollen is not himself profoundly scientific; but he has good assistance for the rest of his work.
Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances, Ire. Partie: Relation de Voyage.
Par Francois P. L. Pollen. (Leyde: Steenhoff, 1868.)
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Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses Dépendances. Ire Partie: Relation de Voyage. Nature 1, 260 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001260b0
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