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nent names, such as Forback, Bruxelles, Dunkerque, 

 Calais, le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes, Bordeaux, 

 Bayonne, Toulouse, Perpignan, Montpellier, Marseilles, 

 Lyon, Besanc^on, etc. Nearly every tongue was heard 

 there, and the weary look of the arriving passengers 

 was something not to be forgotten. He had not seen 

 anything approaching the scene in Southern Germany, 

 or even in Vienna. However, he soon found his way to 

 the rue Copau, on the other side of the Seine, and 

 alighted finally at the "Hotel du Jardin du Roi," No. 4, 

 just opposite the " Hospital de la Pitie," and close by 

 the Jardin des Plantes. This third-rate hotel has always 

 been a place of resort for naturalists, - - French as well 

 as foreign, - - on account of its proximity to the great 

 Museum of Natural History. The prices there were 

 moderate and the fare good ; a part of the old hotel, 

 and the most desirable, was situated between a paved 

 yard and a garden. It was here that Agassiz and 

 Dinkel got a room. Sixteen years later, I saw Agassiz 

 occupying the same room, quite proud to show that 

 nothing had been changed in the arrangement of the 

 furniture. There were the same shelves for books, 

 where he placed, as he told me, the first works offered 

 to him by both Cuvier and Humboldt ; the only altera- 

 tion being the removal of the small bedstead on which 

 Dinkel slept. 



As soon as Cuvier heard of his arrival, he sent for 

 him ; and Agassiz passed his second evening in Paris 

 at the house of the great French naturalist. His re- 

 ception was cordial and friendly, although with some 

 reserve ; for Cuvier was not a man of many words. His 



