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science. At one time We see the hero,
Ike Marco Polo, the favori,e aud
minister OF a mighty Tartar prince,
anu raised by him To 4 princely dig
nifty f; at another, devoted To 4 romantic
passion Tor the pride Of the harem oil
ms new master, encoun;erips the
greatest dangers, and obtaining. siti-
mate success here Commanding ar
mics aud giving battles; there. again,
appearing as the leader Of savage
hordes, among which he discovered
the aboriginal breed Of the horse ol
Central Asia, which is said TO excel
all the Arabian racers; and, again.
inv~nting new conductor, ~hich
seems destined TO supersede that Of
franklin.
As We hope soon TO be favored with
more detailed account Of this distin-
guished traveller from his own pen.
We sh-ll content ourselves land this
chiefly Tor the purpose OF drawing the
attention OF the public TO the work IT,
SET with adding merely few general
particulars respecting DIR. Tavernier.
The principal object that induced
him to visit the same quarter Of the
globe which had illustrated the life Of
his grandfather, vas TO form, by accu-
rate personal observation, a fixed sys-
tenn on the nature Of the plague aud
similar disorders. According 10 the
opinion Of DIR. Tavernier, If We rightly
comprehend 10, the ground Of the form
witch " assumes may be considered as
lying more IN the juices Of the body IT.
sell, than as originating in contagion.
which is rather only the occasioual
cause Of the manijssfafion Of the dis
ease; 'for, he says, 81 have more
than once seen eontasion produce, in
the same forms Of disease, here yellow
lever, there the plague, and there the
Cholera. merely according TO the differ
encc OF The ni;!ici!uai disposi,ions.-
For this reason | even then called tha.
Singular scourge Ie frau fricephaI;
when ], at the same time, discovered
IN the mountains Of Mongolia, which
no European had ever before visited.
the secret that snow and ice are the
real specifics against every form of this
disease; and there delivered entire
hordes from il. merely by leading
them from the plain into the middle
icy regions.
Surrounded by those sublime
scenes Of nature, proud and happy a,
one OF the most salutary discoveries Tor
the welfare Of the human race, l wrote
IN my memorandum book the lines
which my friends have placed under
my portrait, Autographed At Leipzig !:
Aux mon,agnrs dc !. Moagolic,
ye vs., dana vos frimas rAaSe da Zen vital,
Ia lui hs fouiroycr L. 6eau tire ephsI
Del anna bicnialsante Il penible csrrirre
fut desorm2iS briiicr dune douee luIaierr.' -
IL was principally among these
mountains, and on the eastern bank Of
the Lake AraI, that the doctor conSin-
ced himself that the ice il The true an
Idote against coniasion of every kind !;
and he has since applied it in immune
rable cases. not only in the above men
toned disorders, but in epilepsy. ty-
plus, malignant, bilious and nervous
levers nay, even IN bydr0phobia.
lie Ailirms, It was ewing to Ills sys-
tenn alone that the Vienna physicians
lately succeeded in saving the young
King of Hungary. as he himself had
opportunities. while the cholera ragged
IN Vienna and other cities. 60 convince
the most ineredUlous Of the surprising
and happy effects Of his made Of treat.
ment. tie therefore complains bitter
iy, that so many who have stolen hiss
system, without fully eomprehendins
Il, have taken good care not Ia ac-
knowledge the scource to which alone
they are indebted for it. This, how
ever, he does not regard: as his object
was lar less personal fenown and al
vantage. than the welfare Of his fellow
Creatures. 60 Pr"mote which he devo
ted his whole life, and had encountered.
not without honor. so many dangers.