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vivants et fossiles" Letter to Deshayes Another Letter to 

 Thurmann Visit of James D. Forbes at the "Hotel des Neucha*- 

 telois" Ascent of the Jungfrau Other Visitors at the " Hotel 

 des Neuchatelois" Forbes at Neuchatel and La Chaux-de-fonds 



Inauguration of the Academy of Neuchatel, i8th of November, 

 1841 Agassiz's Letter to the Rector of the Academy His Ap- 

 pointment as Rector for the Year 1842-1843 Controversy with 

 James D. Forbes on the Laminated Structure of Glaciers A New 

 Cabin to replace the " Hotel des Neuchatelois " Stay at the Aar 

 Glacier from the Beginning of July, 1842, to the Middle of Septem- 

 ber Discoveries of John Tyndall Dispute with Karl Schimper 



Daniel Dollfus-Ausset . . . . . . . . 175 



CHAPTER IX. 



1843-1844. 



" Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles," 1833-1843 Review of it by 

 Jules Pictet de la Rive Dr. A. Gunther's Opinion Agassiz's 

 Errors with the Eocene Fossil Fishes of Claris (Switzerland) 

 The Part taken by Collaborators in the " Poissons Fossiles " 

 Another Visit to the Glacier of the Aar The Meeting of the 

 Helvetic Society at Lausanne, July, 1843 Agassiz's Hospitality 

 at Neuchatel False Position of his Secretary, Desor, and his 

 Assistant, Vogt Scientific Life in Neuchatel " Monographies 

 des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Gres Rouge," 1844 The' Geol- 

 ogist and Stonecutter, Hugh Miller " Histoire Naturelle des 

 Poissons d'Eau douce" Karl Vogt leaves Agassiz Extraordi- 

 nary Session of the Geological Society of France at Chambery 

 (Savoy) Failure of Nicolet's Lithographic Establishment 

 Dinkel leaves Neuchatel Illness of Gressly . . . .211 



CHAPTER X. 



1845. 



"Monographic des Myes," 1842-1845 - -The " Nomenclator Zoolo- 

 gicus," 1842-1845 " Bibliographia Zoologize et Geologise" 

 " Iconographie des Coquilles tertiaires reputees Identiques avec les 

 Especes Vivantes," etc. The Two Translations of Sowerby's 

 " Mineral Conchology of Great Britain " Actual Mercantile 



