63 MEMOIR OF PALLAS. 
phy. We used every endeavour to prevail upon 
him to quit the country and accompany us to Eing- 
land; but the advanced period of his life, added to 
the certainty of losing all his property in Russia, 
prevented his acquiescence. Our entreaties were to 
no effect ; and perhaps before this meets the public 
eye, our friend and benefactor will be no more.”* 
These gloomy anticipations of Dr Clarke’s were 
fortunately disappointed. But time and circum- 
stances, instead of reconciling Pallas to his lot, only 
agoravated all the privations and annoyances to 
which he felt himself subjected, and he could not be 
reconciled to his mode of life. All the marks of 
esteem, likewise, which he received from Europe, 
only increased his chagrin, and recalled to his vivid 
recollection the interests he had left behind. <At 
leneth, therefore, having made up his mind to re- 
move, he sold his property for a very inadequate 
price, bid a final adieu to Russia, and, after an ab- 
sence of forty-two years, returned to his native land, 
with the intention of there terminating his days. 
This change, to a man who had lived fifteen 
years in Little Tartary, was almost a return to ano- 
ther world. Some old friends, too, whom he rejoined, 
seemed almost to renew his youth; and he was 
always excited to warmth and eloquence when he 
listened to the account of the advance of science, 
the intelligence of which had penetrated most imper- 
* See Dr Clarke’s Travels, quoted in Rees; also Tooke’s 
Review of the Russian Empire. 
