186 parrot's ascent of ARARAT. 



fully oflcred him all they had. He would not even accept presents from 

 liiem, and when Aeschines gave himself to him, he said, "Very well ; 

 but I shall spare no pains to return you to yourself better than I have 

 received you." 



Parrot's Ascent of Ararat: Journey to Ararat^ by Dr. Fried- 

 rich Parrot, Prof. Nat. Phil, in the Umversity of Dorpat, 

 ^•c. Translated by W. D. Cooley. New York : Harper and 

 Brothers, 1846. 



This is a most interesting volume, replete with instruction, delivered 

 in the most simple and satisfactory manner. It is not a mere ramble 

 over the country, told in a still more rambling manner, but a scientific 

 tour to a fixed point, recorded, from beginning to end, with all that clear- 

 ness which truth and science require. The importance of his enterprise 

 is very properly presented by the author in the following language : 



"And yet there is one consideration of a peculiar kind which may 

 be properly urged in its favor ; for if the exploration of a great moun- 

 tain redounds, generally speaking, to the advantage of science, and af- 

 fords enjoyment to the admirer of nature — if even a bare rock or little 

 hill, left untouched by the hand of man, aflbcts, from a pure and simple 

 sense of nature, the heart of the observer, what must not be the feelings 

 of the christian when he fixes his eyes on that sacred mountain, where 

 all the attractions of natural grandeur, so long concealed from our view, 

 are united to the peculiar interest of a primitive monument and witness 

 of one of the most remarkable events in the history of the world, and 

 of God's immediate dispensation for the preservation of the human 

 race !" 



Passing over all the interesting matter collected by Parrot during his 

 journey across the country, from Dorpat by Kaluga to the Don, and 

 over the Caucasus, among the Cossacks, Kakhetians, and other tribes 

 around Ziflis, as well as his valuable services in obtaining the level of 

 the country between the black and Caspian seas, we proceed at once to 

 his ascent of Ararat. It is well known that the mountain called by this 

 name has two peaks; the former called Great Ararat, is in north latitude 

 39° 42' and 61° 55' east longitude from Ferro : the latter or Little Ara- 

 rat, is in 39° 39' north latitude, and 62° 2' east longitude. These two 

 points are thus about seven miles apart in a straight line, with a pretty 

 wide valley between them. They are not immediately connected with 

 any other mountain-range, but stand by themselves in solitary gi-andeur. 



