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the Director of the Agricultural Department of the Ministry, for 

 having accepted the invitation, and for having successfully carried 

 out my method in Thessaly for the benefit of Greece. His 

 Excellency, M. Trikoupis, who had paid special attention to the 

 Thessalian vole-plague, and had learnt with great interest the 

 particulars of my method, its easy application, cheapness, and 

 effectiveness, also expressed his conviction, during a visit which 

 we paid him, that we had rendered Thessaly and Greece a great 

 service by practically conducting this novel undertaking. During 

 the two following days which we were able to spend in Athens 

 before our return to Germany, several telegrams were received 

 from Thessaly, setting forth beyond doubt the successful results 

 of the experiment from day to day. The Greek journals of all 

 parties were unanimous in expressing their approval of my 

 method, and their gratitude. Moreover, M. Gennadius, the 

 Director of the Agricultural Department, and all the scientists 

 connected with the Pathological Institute, who had energetically 

 aided in the preliminary arrangements, expressed their pleasure 

 at the complete success of the undertaking during a banquet 

 which in the most friendly manner they gave in our honour. 



We made our return journey via Constantinople. Shortly 

 after our arrival, I received a telegram from MM. Anastassiades 

 and Kyriakos, giving information of the latest results of the 

 experiment, as shown by the discovery of great numbers of dead 

 and dying mice, and expressing their gratitude and good wishes. 



On my return to Greifswald, I received no further news for 

 a time. As I said before, the complete results could not be 

 expected to manifest themselves for some weeks after the com- 

 mencement of the practical application of the method. On 

 May 26th I received, to my great satisfaction, the following 

 despatch from the President of the Vole Committee at Larissa, 

 " Resultats excellents partout, pays reconnaissant a vous. — Anas- 

 tassiades." 



On May 28th, I received a letter, dated on the 22nd, from 

 M. Ambelikopulos at Volos, in which he expressed himself as 

 follows : — " Votre methode marche tres bien, elle nous a donne 

 des resultats splendides ; a Velestino ou nous avons fait un essai, 

 on a trouve beaucoup mais beaucoup de campagnols morts et 

 assez de manges dans la nuque." 



Thus the hopes which I entertained when I discovered the 



