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For the second, West Pahlavi literature G.I. Ph. For the third, in Pahlavi verse West 113. For Musalman times see Schefer Chrestomathy 3-6 and Salemann and Zukovski, Persian Grammar page 41-49. Also compare Melanges Asiatiques IX, 215. In Arabic Anthologies especially of the character of what is known as Furstenspiegel the maxims of this wise Wazir are very frequently quoted.
See Humboldt, Fragments Asiatiques, p. 386: Barton's Geography of Plants: and Malte Brun. In the latter work it is said that the limit of the growth of trees in Siberia may be drawn under the parallel of 70 degs. Sturt's Travels, vol. ii. p. 74. A Gaucho assured me that he had once seen a snow-white or Albino variety, and that it was a most beautiful bird. Burchell's Travels, vol. i. p. 280.
He says, "The subsoil north of latitude 56 degrees is perpetually frozen, the thaw on the coast not penetrating above three feet, and at Bear Lake, in latitude 64 degrees, not more than twenty inches. See Humboldt "Fragmens Asiatiques" page 386: Barton's "Geography of Plants"; and Malte Brun.
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