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Excerpt from L'Homme de Neige, Vol. 2
Vousy �tes, monsieur Goefie. M. Comus a �t� nomm� professeur des Enfants de France ila �tabli des cartes nautiques sur un syst�me nouveau, qui est le r�sultat de travaux immenses, entrepris par l'ordre du roi; il a fourni des exemplaires manu scrits de ses cartes nautiques � M. De la P�rouse. Enfin, depuis le jour o� je le rencontrai sur les che mins, donnant au public le spectacle d'un pauvre savant qui r�pand l'instruction sous forme de diver tissement, ila conquis rapidement l'estime g�n�rale, la faveur des ministres et les moyens d�appliquer le fruit de ses hautes connaissances � de grands r�sul tats. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.