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130 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 206.
they have flat noses and countenances. I visited a magnificent
garden [Villa Pallavicini ?]. It is to be observed that in the
middle of March everything was here in bloom ; oranges and
lemons were ripe ; olives were being removed from the trees,
this being the time when they are gathered,
[Here ends Swedenborg’s description of his journey from
1736 to 1739, as contained in Codex 88, pp. 504 to 542. A
continuation of the journal is promised on p. 737, but the
leaves containing pages 730 to 745 have unfortunately been re
moved from the book. In the description of the Swedenborg
manuscripts made by his heirs in 1772, and printed in 1801 ,
the following account of the missing pages is given : "On
pages 730 to 733 and 741 to 745 is contained a description of
some of Swedenborg’s dreams in 1736, 1737, 1738, 1739, and
1740 ;" and in a footnote the following information is added :
"These leaves were taken out of the volume into the safe keep
ing of the family itself." As the continuation of the journal
of travel is promised on page 737, and the dreams are continued
on p. 741, it appears that the missing portion of the journal
amounts to two leaves only, and these leaves are now probably
with those containing Swedenborg’s dreams for the years above
named, which are still, it is hoped, in the possession of some
member of the Swedenborg family.
From Document 124 it appears that about May 14, 1739,
Swedenborg returned safely to Paris ; between that time and
November 3, 1740, when he reported himself again for duty
at the College of Mines, (see Document 163) he published in
Amsterdam his treatise entitled : Economia Regni Animalis.
On the cover of Codex 88 the following words are written :
"I finished writing my work on December 27, 1739, exactly at
twelve o’clock" (see Vol. II of Swedenborg’s photo-lithographed
MSS., p. 141).]
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