MEMOIR OF PALLAS. 



. Juvat integros accedere fontes 



Atque haurire, juvatque novos decerpere flores, 



LucreU de Nat. Rer. bib. iv 



Pallas, the illustrious subject of the following 

 Memoir, was probably the most eminent scientific 

 Naturalist whose name adorns the latter half of the 

 eighteenth century. His discoveries, in almost every 

 department of Natural History, are perhaps more 

 frequently quoted than those of any other author ; 

 and hence the interest that is very generally and 

 naturally felt respecting the particulars of his life 

 and history. No detailed and regular account, how- 

 ever, so far as we know, has hitherto enriched the 

 annals of biography ; and though the work might be 

 difficult, we cannot entertain a doubt that its accom- 

 plishment would amply repay the best exertions of 

 any one competent to the task. 



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