336 Humboldt's Letters. 



Pardon my horrid writing, illegible, and in wild, 

 incorrect style. 



The letter of the maccaroni King* to Louis Philippe, 

 in the " Spenersche Zeitung," will not have escaped you, 

 I hope. Non v'a bisogno entirely as Rochow-Seiffart 

 (in his first manner) to the Elbingers : " It is not at all 

 necessary that my people think ; I think for them ; the 

 people, who have betrayed me so often, submit to my 

 power." 



Your faithful A. HUMBOLDT. 



185. 



METTERNICH TO HUMBOLDT. 



KOENIGSWART, October 14^, 1856. 



MY OLD FKIEND ! I received gratefully the informa- 

 tion on the stele which Herr Brugsch calls by my name, 

 and I beg of you to hand over to the learned investi- 

 gator the words you find inclosed. After my return to 

 Vienna, I shall avail myself of the interpretation, already 

 so instructive, of the monument, to point out the way 



* The King of Naples, known in this country as King Bomba. 

 In Naples the best maccaroni is manufactured. "Was this letter 

 really directed to Louis Philippe, or was there not a mistake in 

 the name? Was not Louis Philippe dead before that time? 

 Translator. 



