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44. 



KING CHRISTIAN VIII. OF DENMARK TO HUMBOLDT. 



COPENHAGEN, the 13th January, 1840. 

 MONSIEUB LE BARON DE HUMBOLDT : 



OP all the letters received on the occasion of my 

 accession to the throne, none has afforded me so sensible 

 a pleasure as that which you addressed me under the 

 date of the 17th of December last. 



Your remembrance is of the highest value to me, and 

 I recall with the greatest interest, Monsieur le Baron, 

 our conversations many years ago at Paris-. Since that 

 time you have enriched science by new discoveries. 

 Siberia, explored by you, as you before explored Ame- 

 rica, offers to natural science new views for which, Mon- 

 sieur le Baron, it is entirely indebted to you. Really 

 I shall be happy at some future day to converse with you 

 on these new researches. 



The natural sciences are constantly presenting fresh 

 interest, and I shall certainly not neglect to do every- 

 thing that depends upon me for their advancement. 



The astronomical and geodesical labors of your dis- 

 tinguished friend Schumacher, certainly deserve my 



