142 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



ties, lasted for sixteen years, and was then only 

 interrupted by the departure of Agassiz for 

 America. During this whole period Mr. Din- 

 kel was occupied as his draughtsman, living 

 sometimes in Paris, sometimes in England, 

 sometimes in Switzerland, w r herever, in short, 

 there were specimens to be drawn. In a pri- 

 vate letter, written long afterward, he says, 

 in speaking of the break in their intercourse 

 caused by Agassiz's removal to America : 

 " For a long time I felt unhappy at that 

 separation. . . . He was a kind, noble-hearted 

 friend ; he was very benevolent, and if he had 

 possessed millions of money he w r ould have 

 spent them for his researches in science, and 

 have done good to his fellow-creatures as 

 much as possible." 



Some passages from Braun's letters com- 

 plete the chapter of these years in Munich, 

 so rich in purpose and in experience, the pre- 

 lude, as it were, to the intellectual life of the 

 two friends who had entered upon them to- 

 gether. These extracts show how seriously, 

 not without a certain sadness, they near the 

 end. 



