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thirty-one copies were struck; and, in 1879, a silver one was struck, 

 according to the reports of the director of the Mint. 



Tablets to the memory of Louis Agassiz have been placed in 

 Europe and in America. The inhabitants of his birthplace placed 

 over the door of the parsonage of Motier (Fribourg) a marble 

 tablet with the inscription: "J. Louis Agassiz, celebre naturaliste 

 est ne" dans cette maison, le 28 Mai, 1807"; and the Cornell Uni- 

 versity at Ithaca, New York, unveiled a marble tablet, in com- 

 mencement week, June, 1885, in the founder's chapel. At the 

 opening of the University in 1868, Agassiz was present, made a 

 speech, and immediately after began a course of twenty lectures 

 before a very large audience, including almost all the professors, 

 instructors, and students. The inscription on the tablet reads in 

 black lines as follows: "To the Memory of Louis Agassiz, 1807- 

 1873. In the midst of great labors for science throughout the 

 world, he aided in laying the foundation of instruction at the Cornell 

 University, and by his teaching here gave an impulse to scientific 

 studies which remains a precious heritage. The Trustees, in grati- 

 tude for his counsels and teachings, erect this memorial, 1884." 



In September, 1885, a large stone slab was placed by his son 

 in the wall of the entrance hall of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology at Harvard University, with the following inscription : 

 " Ludovici Agassiz Patri films Alexander M D CCC - 

 LXXX." 



An Agassiz Memorial Fund was subscribed during 1874 and 1875, 

 to be used for the completion of his Museum. $245,792 were 

 received, of which $130,000 came from his son and his daughter 

 Pauline, and $9192 from teachers and pupils, while the state granted 

 $50,000, the total amounting to $310,600. 



But the most original memorial is the inscription on the boulder 

 of micaceous schist, once forming part of the " Hotel des Neuch.i- 

 telois, 1 ' on which is engraved in large letters L. Agassiz above the 

 name of H Mel des Nench&telois, 1840. 



In 1844, the roof and sides of the " Hdtel des Neuchatelois " 

 broke apart, and afterward frost divided the boulder into a thousand 

 pieces. Happily, Edouard Collomb, in 1842, had drawn, in water 

 colour, the north face of the block on which were 



