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           Certaincountriesdistinguishedthemselvesbytheirliberality;othersuntiedtheirpurse-stringswithlessfacilityamatteroftemperament.Figuresare,however,moreeloquentthanwords,andhereistheofficialstatementofthesumswhichwerepaidintothecreditoftheGunClubatthecloseofthesubscription.

           Russiapaidinashercontingenttheenormoussumof368,733roubles.Nooneneedbesurprisedatthis,whobearsinmindthescientifictasteoftheRussians,andtheimpetuswhichtheyhavegiventoastronomicalstudiesthankstotheirnumerousobservatories.

           FrancebeganbyderidingthepretensionsoftheAmericans.Themoonservedasapretextforathousandstalepunsandascoreofballads,inwhichbadtastecontestedthepalmwithignorance.ButasformerlytheFrenchpaidbeforesinging,sonowtheypaidafterhavinghadtheirlaugh,andtheysubscribedforasumof1,253,930francs.Atthatpricetheyhadarighttoenjoythemselvesalittle.

           Austriashowedherselfgenerousinthemidstofherfinancialcrisis.Herpubliccontributionsamountedtothesumof216,000florinsaperfectgodsend.

           Fifty-twothousandrix-dollarsweretheremittanceofSwedenandNorway;theamountislargeforthecountry,butitwouldundoubtedlyhavebeenconsiderablyincreasedhadthesubscriptionbeenopenedinChristianasimultaneouslywiththatatStockholm.ForsomereasonorothertheNorwegiansdonotliketosendtheirmoneytoSweden.

           Prussia,byaremittanceof250,000thalers,testifiedherhighapprovaloftheenterprise.

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