MEMOIR OF PALLAS. 
Juvat integros accedere fontes 
Atque haurire, juvatque novos decerpere flores. 
Lucret. de Nat. Rer. bib. iv. 
Patuas, the illustrious subject of the following 
Memoir, was probably the most eminent scientific 
Naturalist whose name adorns the latter half of the 
eighteenth century. His discoveries, in almost every 
department of Natural History, are perhaps more 
frequently quoted than those of any other author ; 
and hence the interest that is very generally and 
naturally felt respecting the particulars of his life 
and history. No detailed and regular account, how- 
ever, so far as we know, has hitherto enriched the 
annals of biography ; and though the work might be 
difficult, we cannot entertain a doubt that its accom- 
-plishment would amply repay the best exertions of 
any one competent to the task. 
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