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and those who knew him in those early days 

 remember his charm of mind and manner 

 with delight. The friends gave lectures in 

 turn on various subjects, especially on modes 

 of- development in plants and animals. These 

 lectures were attended not only by students, 

 but often by the professors. 



Among Agassiz's intimate friends in Mu- 

 nich, beside those already mentioned, was Mi- 

 chahelles, the distinguished young zoologist 

 and physician, whose early death in Greece, 

 where he went to practice medicine, was so 

 much regretted. Like Agassiz, he was wont 

 to turn his room into a menagerie, where he 

 kept turtles and other animals, brought home, 

 for the most part, from his journeys in Italy 

 and elsewhere. Mahir, whose name occurs 

 often in the letters of this period, was an- 

 other college friend and fellow-student, though 

 seemingly Agassiz's senior in standing, if not 

 in years, for he gave him private instruction 

 in mathematics, and also assisted him in his 

 medical studies. 



TO HIS SISTER CECILE. 



* 



MUNICH, November 20, 1827. 



... I will tell you in detail how my time 

 is spent, so that when you think of me you 



