AND LOWER EGYPT. l8t 



fell into a state of numbedness and stupefaction in 

 the north, during the most rigorous part of the 

 season, and that accordingly propagation must go 

 on much more slowly than in meridional coun- 

 tries. You have satisfied me, Sir, that M. Pallas 

 completely verifies my conjecture, which flatters 

 me beyond conception. 1 am not the less dis- 

 posed, on this account, publicly to express my re- 

 spect for you. 



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