To all these titles to honour let me add that my uncle was the curator of the museum of mineralogy formed by M. Struve, the Russian ambassador; a most valuable collection, the fame of which is European.

除了所有这些荣誉头衔之外，我还要补充一点，我的叔叔是俄罗斯大使斯特鲁维先生创办的矿物学博物馆的馆长。这是最有价值的收藏，其声誉在欧洲。