1 Physical and Geognostic Buggestions, Sfc. 



prise, to the honour of our common German Fatherland! 

 And conchidmg-, in this night, these crooked, illegible lines, 

 I remember, not without emotion, and with very mingled 

 feelings, that joyous period of my life when, fifty- eight 

 years ago, in the beautiful gardens of Schonbrunn, preparing 

 myself for a long journey, I was enjoying with grateful 

 mind the friendly kindness of the venerable Jacquin and 

 Peter Frank. 



A. V. HUMBOLDT. 



Berlin, in the night of 7th April, 1857. 



