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sea from Newfoundland to Ireland, which I recom- 

 mended to the Grand Duke, but which is not to be pro- 

 cured because it was published in Carthage by Perthes ! 

 The Times flatter themselves, in all seriousness, that 

 the French race is on the point of extinction ; well, the 

 pugs are extinct also. 



Yours, 



A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



I have disagreeable rudera of the correspondence 

 with a certain Dr. Gross Homnger, in Vienna, who 

 accuses himself of having written against Prussia in 1848, 

 and now asks Prussia to recommend him to the Austrian 

 government. Have you any recollection of him ? 



NOTE BY YARKHAGEN. " Carthage" means Gotha, a town not far 

 from "Weimar, but under the sovereignty of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, 

 between whom and his cousin there is a constant rivalry, such as of 

 old existed between Rome and Carthage. 



307. 



CHARLES ALEXANDER, GRAND DUKE OF SAKE- WEIMAR, 

 TO HUMBOLDT. 



YOUR Excellency's letter was duly received by the 



hands of Mr. . Accept my thanks for these lines, 



for this new token of your constant kindness to me. 



