They are probably now in the catacombs of Paris, mingled with those of the thousands of unknown or paupers in that great ossuary.[46] Dr.Mondiere's account is as follows.

Having found in the _Moniteur_ the notice of the burial services, as above stated, he goes on to say: "Armed with this document, I went again to the cemetery of Montparnasse, where I fortunately found a conservator, M.Lacave, who is entirely _au courant_ with the question of transformism.

He therefore interested himself in my inquiries, and, thanks to him, I have been able to determine exactly where Lamarck had been buried.

I say had been, because, alas! he had been simply placed in a _trench off on one side_ (_fosse a part_), that is to say, one which should change its occupant at the end of five years.

Was it negligence, was it the jealousy of his colleagues, was it the result of the troubles of 1830?
In brief, there had been no permission granted to purchase a burial lot.