Victor Jacquemont, a French traveller and naturalist, born in Paris, Aug. 8, 1801, died in Bombay, Dec. 7, 1832. After studying botany under Adrien de Jussieu, he visited North America and Hayti. While in Hayti he planned a scientific voyage to the East Indies, and, laying his project before the directors of the museum of natural history, received the appointment of naturalist and traveller to that institution. Returning to France, and afterward visiting England, he was elected fellow of the Asiatic society, and finally sailed from Brest in August, 1828. He arrived at Calcutta May 5,1829, and, having acquired some knowledge of Indian languages, started on his travels by land, Nov. 20. After visiting some of the English provinces, he explored the Himalaya mountains toward Thibet, and penetrated as far as Chinese Tartary. Returning, he was invited by Gen. Allard to the kingdom of Lahore, where Runjeet Singh received him with marked favor, and offered him the viceroyalty of Cashmere, but Jacquemont preferred to continue his travels. He died of a disease contracted in his ramblings through the pestilential forests of Salsette island.

His Correspon-dance with his friends and relatives (2 vols. 8vo, Paris, 1834) is one of the most attractive and original books of travel ever published; and the diary of his Voyage dans l'Inde pendant lea annees 1828 a 1832 (6 vols. 4to), published at the expense of the French government, embodies a large amount of valuable zoological and botanical observations.