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tier a volume of ' Etudes des Glaciers." Many of 

 Agassiz's best friends regretted it sincerely, and there 

 is no doubt that it was a mistake on his part not to have 

 waited until de Charpentier had issued his volume. 



A last duty remained to perform before saying good 

 by to Neuchatel. It was to return all the specimens of 

 fossils so generously lent by public establishments and 

 private individuals for his palaeontological works. It 

 was not a small undertaking ; for Agassiz, with his 

 eagerness to collect all the material he wanted, asked 

 for and collected around him a quantity of specimens 

 which he was unable to make use of. However, every- 

 thing was carefully packed and sent safely to its desti- 

 nation with the thanks of the professor. And since that 

 time all such specimens are quoted in both public or 

 private collections as determined by Agassiz ; every one 

 being justly proud to have helped the author of the 

 " Poissons fossiles," of the " Echinodermes," and of the 

 " Myes." 



