Stories of persons and places in Europe . ons in America. He reached Venezuela first, wherehe spent 18 months in explorations; %he went through the wild regions of theOrinoco; surveyed the high plateau ofBogota and Quito, and the snow-capped volcanoes surrounding it. He ascended nearly to the top of Ohimborazo, crossed the Andes into Peru,where he took observations of the transit of Mercury. He visited the vol-canoes and measured the heights of Mexico, and made a profile of the coun-try from sea to sea; the first that had ever been made. From Mexico hesailed to Havana, thence to Washington, an
Stories of persons and places in Europe . ons in America. He reached Venezuela first, wherehe spent 18 months in explorations; %he went through the wild regions of theOrinoco; surveyed the high plateau ofBogota and Quito, and the snow-capped volcanoes surrounding it. He ascended nearly to the top of Ohimborazo, crossed the Andes into Peru,where he took observations of the transit of Mercury. He visited the vol-canoes and measured the heights of Mexico, and made a profile of the coun-try from sea to sea; the first that had ever been made. From Mexico hesailed to Havana, thence to Washington, and called on President Jefferson ;and then, having spent five years in America, made many important obser-vations, valuable collections in all departments of natural science andgeography, studied the races, and taken many important statistics, hereturned home, still keeping up his studies upon every subject that camewithin his observation as before. He printed as the result of his travels,scientific works on astronomy, zoology and ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 250 Persons and Places in Europe. A few years afterwards lie decided to take another scientific tonr in Asia,which, he did after studying the eastern languages. There he made more im-portant observations, and on his return published more valuable this time he was engaged by different European sovereigns to helpthem on various political matters. He was especially biisy in 1830, the yearof the French and Belgic revolutions. He was kept going about from Paris to Berlin, to Warsaw and St. Peters-burg, on political missions, and all the time he kept up his scientific studiesduring spare time, and prepared his books for publication. Humboldt lived to be ninty years old, and left behind him the most valuableaccumulation of observations and scientific treaties that ever the world hadgained from one single man. The Reformation Symphony.—One line in which the German nationhave excelled all others is that of music.
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