Humboldt's Letters. 233 



I send you for your autograph collection a flattering 

 letter of Mignet, and a letter of mine, written in 1801, 

 at Carthagena, in South America, at a turning point in 

 my life, and addressed to " Citizen" Baudin, who, on 

 board of the Perron, made a voyage round the world. 

 This letter was written at a time when probably people 

 in Europe had ceased to be addressed any more as 

 " citizens." Baudin, instead of doubling Cape Horn, 

 and receiving me at Lima, went round the Cape of Good 

 Hope to Australia. 



Your old friend, 



A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



SUNDAY. 



I inclose an excellent letter of my brother to Koerner, 

 which will be published in the sixth volume ; but you 

 must return this copy. 



MIGNET TO HUMBOLDT. 



PARIS, July 1st, 1846. 

 DEAR BARON, AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS COLLEAGUE : 



You will easily understand how happy and flattered 

 I was at hearing, that the book " Antonio Perez and 



