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escaped you ? Non v>a bisogno quite like Rochow- 

 Seiffart, in his best style to the Elbingers " It is 

 not at all necessary for my people to think, I think 

 for them. The people that has so often betrayed 

 me, bends under my power." Your faithful 



A. HUMBOLDT. 



CLXXXV. 



METTERNICH TO HUMBOLDT. 



Konigswart, 14th October, 1856. 



Many thanks, my old friend, for the explanations 

 of the " Stele " with which M. Brugsch has connected 

 my name. I beg you will hand the excellent savant 

 the few lines inclosed which I have addressed to him. 

 On my return to Vienna I shall make use of the co- 

 pious results of the deciphering of this monument, 

 in order to indicate to Archaeologists, in a circular, 

 the mode of taking casts. Being utterly ignorant 

 on the subject, I never doubted that I could do better 

 than address myself to you, in order to become en- 

 lightened as to the scientific value of this gift of 

 Mehemed Aly, which has been slumbering for years 

 in my extensive collections. My best thanks to 

 you, as well as to M. Brugsch. 



I have had the happiness of finding the King in 

 good health, and kindly disposed as ever towards me. 



Recollections of great events in the course of a long 

 life form a strong bond of union between men, and 

 its strength is tested by its defying the storms of time. 

 More than half a century had elapsed since I first 

 came in contact with the young Heir- Apparent. The 

 changes that have occurred in this long period belong 



