XXV 
about one half of the entire bulk as useless, the remainder 
turned out to be of much more value than I at first expected. 
I can not help being surprised that such an ill assorted collec- 
tion should have been made by a Mineralogist of M. Gieseckes 
character; a wonder what object he could have had in view by 
loading it with the quantity of useless rubbish which I have 
had to throw out)“. Er berechnet den Wert allein vom Kryolith 
auf 5000 £, während das ganze für 40 $ gekauft wurde. 
Giesecke hatte sich noch nicht einen ganzen Monat in 
Edinburgh aufgehalten, als er folgendes Gesuch Professor an 
der Royal Dublin Society zu werden einsandte?): 
„During a short stay in Edinburgh, I observed by an 
advertisement in the newspapers, that The Dublin Society are 
in want of a person qualified to give lectures on mineralogy, 
in the quality of a professor, and | now take the liberty of 
offering my services‘. 
„During the course of my academical studies at Goettingen, 
I first applied myself to the study of mineralogy, under the 
auspices of the celebrated Blumenbach*. 
»From the year 1794 until now, [ have made a variety of 
voyages, in order to render myself useful to this science, 
during which I have had occasion to form a literary acquain- 
tance with most of the celebrated mineralogists of Germany 
and Sweden, and I have maintained a correspondence during 
my voyages with Werner, Karstens, Klaproth, Gallitzin, Crete, 
Elkeberg, Afzelius etc. and I have the honor to be member of 
several literary societies, such as Berlin, Upsala and Jena‘. 
»Besides the journeys I made throughout Germany, my 
1) Bei der Durchsicht seiner Zeit der Sammlung, die Giesecke der 
Schule Herlufsholm geschenckt hatte, wunderte auch ich mich über das 
viele ,rubbish*, 4. В. kleine Gerölle und wertlose Stücke, die es dort gab, 
da ег doch an Ort und Stelle sich durch wenige Hammerschläge weit bessere 
Stücke hatte verschaffen können. Merkwürdigerweise erwähnt ALLAN nicht, 
ob sich einige Etiketten vorfanden. 
*) „Minutes“ of the Royal Dublin Society. 
