88 LETTEKS OF BEEZELIUS 



Eerzelius answered it as follows : 



XIX 



Berzelius to Schonbein 



STOCKHOLM, 18th November 1846. 



DEAR SIR, 



The letter of June the 20th with which 

 you honoured me did not come to hand till the 

 beginning of September. Herr Merian, who was the 

 bearer of it, informed me that he was to deliver, 

 along with it, a packet of specimens of paper from 

 you ; this, however, he had left at Hamburg, and he 

 was unwilling to hand over the letter till the box had 

 come. But the box had, together with the rest of his 

 luggage, been sent to Berlin, whither he intended to 

 go in a few days. I requested him to deliver it to 

 our minister in Berlin ; this he failed to do, although 

 he made an ascent with the minister in Mr. Green's 

 balloon. As I also learned from him that you had 

 gone to England, I deferred expressing to you my 

 gratitude for the information on guncotton till I 

 learnt what your address was. I am now sending it 

 to London on the chance of its finding you. 



Permit me to convey to you my sincerest congratu- 

 lations on this interesting and significant discovery, 

 the practical nature of which you have so promptly 



