68 MEMOIU OF PALLAS. 



phy. We used every endeavour to prevail upon 

 him to quit the country and accompany us to Eng- 

 land ; but the advanced period of his life, added to 

 the certainty of losing all his property in Russia, 

 prevented his acquiescence. Our entreaties were to 

 no effect ; and perhaps before this meets the public 

 eye, our friend and benefactor will be no more."* 



These gloomy anticipations of Dr Clarke's were 

 fortunately disappointed. But time and circum- 

 stances, instead of reconciling Pallas to his lot, only 

 aggravated all the privations and annoyances to 

 which he felt himself subjected, and he could not be 

 reconciled to his mode of life. All the marks of 

 esteem, likewise, which he received from Europe, 

 only increased his chagrin, and recalled to his vivid 

 recollection the interests he had left behind. At 

 length, therefore, having made up his mind to re- 

 move, he sold his property for a very inadequate 

 price, bid a final adieu to Russia, and, after an ab- 

 sence of forty-two years, returned to his native land, 

 with the intention of there terminating his days. 



This change, to a man who had lived fifteen 

 years in Little Tartary, was almost a return to ano- 

 ther world. Some old friends, too, whom he rejoined, 

 seemed almost to renew his youth; and he was 

 always excited to warmth and eloquence when he 

 IL^tened to the account of the advance of science, 

 tlie intelligence of which had penetrated most imper- 



* See Dr Clarke's Trarels, quoted in Rees \ also Tooke'i 

 Ruvij'w of the Russian Empire. 



