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gin the publication, which will, I hope, bring 

 me some return, I must cease to accumulate 

 material in advance. Should business revive 

 soon, however, I may yet have the pleasure of 

 seeing all completed before I leave Paris. 



I think I forgot to mention the arrival of 

 Braun six weeks after me. I had a double 

 pleasure in his coming, for he brought with 

 him his younger brother, a charming fellow, 

 and a distinguished pupil of the polytechnic 

 school of Carlsruhe. He means to be a min- 

 ing engineer, and comes to study such col- 

 lections at Paris as are connected with this 

 branch. You cannot imagine what happiness 

 and comfort I have in my relations with Alex- 

 ander ; he is so good, so cultivated and high- 

 minded, that his friendship is a real blessing to 

 me. We both feel very much our separation 

 from the elder Schimper, who, spite of his 

 great desire to join us at Carlsruhe and ac- 

 company us to Paris, was not able to leave 

 Munich. . . . 



P. S. My love to Auguste. To-day (Sun- 

 day) I went again to see M. Humboldt about 

 Auguste's * plan, but did not find him. 



Then follow several pages, addressed to his 



1 Concerning a business undertaking in Mexico. 



