"Adieu, most learned, most scientific, most profound Jordan,--or

rather most gallant, most amiable, most jovial Jordan;--I salute

thee, with assurance of all those old feelings which thou hast the

art of inspiring in every one that knows thee. VALE.

"I write the moment of my arrival: be obliged to me, friend; for I

have been working, I am going to work still, like a Turk, or like

a Jordan." [ OEuvres de Frederic, xvii. 71.]

This is hastily thrown off for Friend Jordan, the instant after