Humboldt, "the first of travellers," but not
The last, if late accounts be accurate,
Invented, by some name I have forgot,
As well as the sublime discovery's date,
An airy instrument, with which he sought
To ascertain the atmospheric state,
By measuring "the intensity of blue:"[268]
Oh, Lady Daphne! let me measure you![EQ]
CXIII.
But to the narrative:—The vessel bound