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From Munich, July 6, Thompson wrote to Sir Joseph 

 Banks, to tell him that his Electoral Highness had 

 been asked to become a Fellow of the Royal Society. 

 He said : 



I should have done myself the honour to have written 

 to you upon this subject some time ago, but I waited for 

 a favourable opportunity to speak to his Electoral Highness 

 about it. 



It was only a few days since I came into waiting as aide- 

 de-camp to his Most Serene Highness. I shall continue 

 about his person till September, when I purpose making a 

 tour for a couple of months in the mountains of Tyrol, upon 

 the confines of Bavaria, and the dominions of the Bishop 

 of Saltzburg, a country extremely interesting in several 

 points of view. 



He gave his direction as { M. le Chevalier Thompson, 

 colonel et aide-de-camp general au service de S.A.S. 

 I'j&ect. Palatin, Due de Baviere.' 



He ended, ' I am, dear Sir, with sincere regard and respect, 

 your most obedient and most humble servant.' 



He again wrote to Sir Joseph Banks on July 24. 

 He began by asking if he could have one of the two 

 hundred medals for Cook's voyages given to Fellows of 

 the Eoyal Society, and he ended with a postscript : 



I beg you would make my best compliments to Mr. 

 Blagden when you see him, and tell him I hope he will 

 not entirely forget an old correspondent who remembers 

 him with great affection. 



Cuvier, in his eloge of Count Eumford, says of the 

 Electors of Bavaria : 



Les souverains agrandis a 1'epoque des guerres de 



