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and friends admired my oriental costame so muc^, that 

 they requested me not to change it ; aiid I yielded to their 

 request, and afterwards visited many of the capitals of 

 Europe in that dress. 



I passed the remainder of the season at Kronstadt io 

 the most agreeable manner ; after which, I proceeded on my 

 journey towards Vienna, passing through Hungary. Thence, 

 I went to Trieste and Venice, Milan, Genoa, Nice and Mar- 

 seilles ; from this last, I made a short excursion to St. 

 Tropez, to see General Allard's family, from whom I learned 

 that the general had left India and was expected at 

 Bordeaux. I proceeded to that city, and, after a three 

 weeks' stay, I was so fortunate as to meet with the general, 

 who brought me the box containing the antiques which I 

 had forwarded to him from Cabul. I afterwards visited 

 Paris, and came to England, by Calais and Dover, My com- 

 panion on this journey was my brother, to whose daughter I 

 had stood godfather. His accompanying me was owing to 

 a strange and unfortunate accident which had befallen him. 



On the very day on which I wrote to him from 

 Orenburg, announcing my approach towards home, he 

 had lost nearly all his fortune by a destructive fire, through 

 which he was almost reduced to despair. In order to restore 

 him to his former activity, I proposed that he should 

 accompany me on my tour through Europe, which he 

 willingly did. 



At Paris, my steps were first directed towards the 

 domicile of the father of Homoeopathy, the celebrated 

 Doctor Hahnemann. In Russia, I had been already told 

 of the prodigious effects of his new healing system, and 

 I earnestly desired to learn it at the source itself. The 

 magnanimous old man and his lovely young wife received 

 me in the most friendly manner, and I must not omit to 

 mention, that the open and good-natured Homoeopathist 

 made many interesting revelations to me respecting his 

 new method of curing. It was particularly important to 

 me that Hahnemann recommended to me his apothecary 

 at Kothen, Doctor Lehman. 



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