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chap. England : which he often expressed a wish to 
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. '1- v do : but the advanced period of his life, added 
to the certainty of having all his property in 
Russia confiscated, prevented his acquiescence- 
The ceremony of his daughter’s marriage with 
a German officer took place during our resi- 
dence with him in the Crimea, and was cele- 
brated according to the rights of the Greek 
Church; so that, being absolved from almost 
every tie that might require his presence in 
the country, there was reason to hope he would 
have listened to our proposals. By acceding 
to them, his life might have been prolonged, 
and his publications completed. Our entreaties, 
however, were to no effect ; and, perhaps, before 
this meets the public eye, our friend and bene- 
factor will be no more'. 
... .*• * I '• 
Owing to the influence of Professor Fallas, 
much of the injury had been prevented which 
Akmetchet, in common with other towns of the 
Crimea, would have sustained. Many of the 
(1) The liberality of Pallas, and an almost unpardonable indif- 
ference to the piracy of bis writings, may be assigned as the reasonwhy 
certain of his compositions have appeared in this country without any 
due acknowledgment being made of their author. The “ Memoir of a 
Map of the Countries comprehended between the Black Sea and the 
Caspian,'' Pond. 1788 ; was written entirely by Pallas, as he 
informed ns. 
