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which is ever given unless they are accompanied by a 

 letter. 



Under these circumstances your Eoyal Highness 

 will, I trust, not take it amiss my thanking Lieut. H. 

 v. A. in the most friendly manner, for the con- 

 fidence he has reposed in me, and urging him, in 

 order to aid the means at my disposal for serving him 

 and his friend according to your Eoyal Highness's 

 wish and command, to send me a few lines (mentioning 

 my name) for His Majesty the King. For the sake 

 of security, your Eoyal Highness will, perhaps, be 

 graciously pleased to allow the letter for Temesvar to 

 be sent under your sealed envelope to the Ambassador, 

 General von Canitz. I shall open the box at the 

 Observatory in the presence of Professor Encke, whom, 

 in conformity with the usual custom in these cases, I 

 will request to prepare a Eeport for the Privy Council. 

 As the epithet " sinnreich " (ingenious) may always 

 be applied to instruments, even when they are not 

 novel, I will try and beg for them a draught of this 

 " Universal Physic." 



With profoundest respect, I remain, 

 Your Eoyal Highness's most humble, 



A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



LXXV. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



Monday, 1st January, 1844. 



I hasten, my dear friend, at the risk of losing the 

 Potsdam train, to tell you (for all that you were 

 anonymous in sending it) that the King, in the 

 midst of his bubble-blowing, lead-melting, chorister- 

 singing, and vigils, has been very, very much delighted 



