Hartshorne.] ^^ [Oct. 11, 



of his observ^ations are given, of the most varied things 

 and places ; as, for example, the Museum of Northern 

 Antiquities at Copenhagen, to the description of whose 

 contents he gives fifteen letter-size pages of his Journal; 

 the oreoloorical structure and indications of the banks 

 of the Tiber ; art galleries and the carnival in Rome ; 

 vineyards and vine culture near Perugia, on the way 

 from Rome to Florence ; the Lariborsiere Hospital at 

 Paris; the great International Exhibition at London ; 

 the reception of a deputation of philanthropists by 

 Lord Palmerston ; and the annual dinner of the British 

 Medical Association. One of the pleasing minor inci- 

 dents of his last visit to London, was the refusal of the 

 proprietor of a leading drug establishment in that city 

 to receive payment from him for some rather expen- 

 sive medicines, on account of the services rendered to 

 himself bv Dr. Wood in his writings. 



Some important concerns of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society received careful and judicious atten- 

 tion from him during his journeys abroad. Among 

 these were, his promotion, by personal address and 

 correspondence with our Minister at St. Petersburg, 

 of the donation to the Society of one of the copies 

 of the reprint, authorized by the Emperor of Russia, 

 of the Sinaitic Codex of the New Testament, brougrht 

 to Europe by Professor Tischendorf While in Paris, 

 also, he found it necessary to devote some time to the 

 affair of the Michaux legacy to this Society ; which \vas 

 then complicated by the reluctance of Madame Beziers, 



