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he the misfortune to lose the two friends, for whose sake he. 
came to settle there, but in a fall down stairs, he met with 
injuries which disabled him for months from pursuing the 
science to which he is devoted, and from which I am told 
he has but little hopes of recovering completely. He is now, 
however, it is said, able again to work in his herbarium, 
which is very extensive and which he is stil anxious to 
enlarge. 1 have also heard that he thinks of moving to 
Perm, where he has relatives—an immense journey for 
him, in his state of health, and with his large collec- 
tions. 
With regard to my own herborising I have had but very little 
opportunity. As far as Kieff I saw next to nothing worth 
picking up, and further on every thing was past flower, 
and so dried up as scarcely to be recognised, excepting a few 
Steppe Chenopodiacee. Besides, travelling in Russia, when 
Botany is not the special or sole object, is not suited for 
collecting. The long distances to be got over without any 
accommodation, makes one ill-disposed to stop the gallop . 
of the post-horses in the middle of a stage to pick up a 
flower; and although, when you reach the end of the stage, - 
they are so long changing horses, that in any other country — 
you might explore a good deal by walking on, yet the peus 
sian stations are generally villages, built on the Rus: 
with an utter contempt of space, so that it takes the edita 
time to get beyond the houses. Besides the little excur- 
sion near Odessa, I made a small collection on the south 
coast of the Crimea; but even there every thing was so 
burnt up, that I did not think it worth while a maine A 
time in searching after plants. ; 
Here, at Constantinople, in the course ats excursions to 
places in the neighbourhood celebrated for their beauty, 
: have found several plants that pleased me, because belongi 
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