CHAPTER XL 



1846. 



DEPARTURE FROM NEUCHATEL, MARCH, 1846 --ARRIVAL IN PARIS AND 

 SOJOURN AT THE "HOTEL DU JARDIN DU Roi " - - " NOUVELLES 

 ETUDES SUR LES GLACIERS ACTUELS " - - THE GLACIAL THEORY BEFORE 

 THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE, AT THE MEETING OF THE 6TH 

 OF APRIL, 1846 AGASSIZ'S "CATALOGUE RAISONNE DES ECHINO- 

 DERMES " HIS WORK IN THE " GALERIE DE ZOOLOGIE " AND AMONG 

 THE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF BRONGNIART, DE FRANCE, DESHAYES, 

 D'ORBIGNY, DE VERNEUIL, ETC. DESOR'S PRESUMPTION, IN PUTTING 

 HIS NAME ON THE TITLE PAGE, WITHOUT AGASSIZ'S KNOWLEDGE AT- 

 TENTIONS PAID TO AGASSIZ BYTHIERS INDIRECT OFFER OF OFFICIAL 

 POSITIONS AT PARIS DECLINED SHORT VISIT TO ENGLAND, TO MEET 

 CHARLES LYELL - - ON A CUNARD STEAMSHIP FROM LIVERPOOL TO 

 BOSTON. 



AT the beginning of March, 1846, Agassiz left Neu- 

 chatel, never to return, except for a single very short 

 visit, of a few days, in 1859. At two o'clock in the 

 morning, he took the stage for Bale, en route for 

 Carlsruhe ; and, notwithstanding the early hour, the 

 post-yard was filled with his many friends, colleagues, 

 and students, the last coming in a body, with torch- 

 lights, and giving him a parting serenade. Although 

 he spoke of his return, and of resuming his scientific 

 work at Neuchatel, every one felt that the departure 

 was momentous, and that Neuchatel was losing the 

 man who had given it a world-wide reputation as a 



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