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Jean Fierre Claris de, French writer, born 1755, died 1794. Mexico on the south and west, and the Atlantic on the east. Are a and Sur i ace. It consists partly of a peninsula stretching south ior about 400 miles, partly of a long, narrow strip of land running along the Gulf of Mexico to a distance of 360 miles from the Atlantic ccast-line. The peninsula is about 90 miles in width, and contains about four-fifths of the total area, which is 58,666 sa. miles. The surface is in general level, rising little above the sea, especially in the southern parts, where it is almost a cecntinuous swamp or marsh. The northern portion is more broken and elevated, but the whole coast is flat. | Rivers and Lakes, ete. The principal river is the St. John’s, fiowing Fiorets 1, Dise Floret of Daisy. 2, Ray Floret of Daisy. 8, Floret of Dandelion; 0, ovary; p, pappus; ¢, cOrolla> a, another tube; et, style; 8, stigma; f, filaments He was patronized by Voltaire, and gained fame as a writer of fables, pastorals, romances and comedies. He was imprisoned during the Revolution, but the fall of Robes pierre saved him from the guillotine. His romances Galatée, Estelle, Gonzalve de Cordoue, Numa Pompilius, his fables and translation of DonQuizoic are his best works.