Note 2 — Chapter II · THE ODYNERI
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Jean Marie Léon Dufour (1780–1865), an army surgeon who served with distinction in several campaigns and afterwards practised as a doctor in the Landes, where he attained great eminence as a naturalist. Fabre often refers to him as the Wizard of the Landes. Cf. The Life of the Spider, by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap. i; and The Life of the Fly by J. Henri Fabre, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos: chap. i.—Translator’s Note. ↑