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and fortunately had the opportunity : he returned with 

 full memoranda which are of interest today. Schoepf 

 could talk to a member of Congress about his crops or 

 his mines and come away with a very good idea of the 

 man himself and his relations to the commonwealth. 

 His work seems modern because he had a sense of 

 humor, had trained himself to think, and also because 

 the country he observed is still new. We learn that 

 ' conservation ' has for a long time been waiting for a 

 chance. 



Dr. Schoepf came with the other Allied Army. That 

 was, in some respects, a different time. Authority was 

 high, and patronage might show very excellent results. 

 The work is inscribed to 



Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander, Marggraf zu 

 Brandenburg : 



Durchlauchtigster Marggraf ! 

 Gnadigster Fiirst und Herr! 



The dictionary found most useful has been John Ebers's 

 " A new Hand-Dictionary of the English Language for Ger- 

 mans and of the German Language for Englishmen. Elabo- 

 rated by John Ebers, Professor at Halle." Halle, 1819 Pref- 

 aces dated 1800 and 1801. Dobson's Philadelphia edition of 

 "The Encyclopaedia" (1798-), and the American edition of 

 Rees (Philadelphia, 1810-) are recommended. 



work [Beytrdge &c] on the geology and mineralogy of the 

 United States, south of New York, published at a time when 

 Werner and Hutton were just beginning to be heard in the 

 scientific circles of Europe. Many of the conclusions set forth 

 are in the main those now generally accepted, and bear witness 

 to the acumen of their author." 



