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121 ; difficulties in money matters, 

 121 ; his friends alarmed at his new 

 undertakings, 122 ; call to Academy 

 of Lausanne, 122; letter of thanks, 

 from the citizens of Neuchatel, 123 ; 

 increase of salary, 123 ; call to the 

 Geneva Academy, 123; unable to 

 break off relations with Neuehatel, 

 123; journey to Paris, 123; visit to 

 the Bernese Alps, 123 ; letter to 

 Thurmann, 124 ; visit to Chamounix, 

 127 ; at the meeting of the Geological 

 Society of France, Porrentruy, 127 ; 

 irresistible in all his explanations, 

 128 ; Observations stir les glaciers 

 attacked by Studer, 128 ; rocks pol- 

 ished by glaciers, 129 ; visit to Ger- 

 many, 129 ; repeats his arguments 

 relating to glaciers, 129; at work 

 again at Neuchatel, 129; first meet- 

 ing with Gressly, 130; created a 

 "Bourgeois" of Neuchatel, 135; ap- 

 pointment confirmed as professor of 

 natural history, 136 ; Desor's progress 

 under Agassiz's instruction, 137 ; 

 scientific activity in 1839, 137; his 

 ardour for scientific publication, 138 ; 

 his generosity, 138 ; dispute with 

 Edward Charlesworth, 139; difficul- 

 ties with the Sowerby brothers, 139 ; 

 visit to the Monte Rosa, and the 

 Mattcrhorn, 143; discovers Hugi's 

 cabin on the glacier of Aar, 147 ; 

 Karl Vogt as an assistant, 148 ; 

 household arrangements, 148; criti- 

 cism of his undertakings, 151 ; first 

 important publication on echino- 

 derms, 152; letter on glaciers to de 

 Beaumont, 153; publishes Etudes 

 siir les Glaciers, 160; his eagerness 

 to make known a new doctrine, 161 ; 

 his treatment of de Charpentier, 161 ; 

 letter to de Charpentier, 162 ; end of 

 friendly relations with de Charpen- 

 tier, 163 ; visit to Aar, 163 ; observa- 

 tion on the Aar glacier, 164; visit of 

 his wife to the Hotel des Neuchate- 

 lois, 165 ; at the meeting of the 

 British Association for t!ie .-Ui\inci'- 

 ment of Science, Glasgow, 165 ; vis- 

 its the North of Scotland, 167; 



shows Buckland how to recognize 

 traces of ancient glaciers, 168 ; reads 

 a paper on glaciers, before the 

 Geological Society of London, 168 ; 

 letter to Humboldt, 169; visit to the 

 Aar glacier in winter, 175 ; letter to 

 Eugene Sismonda, 178 ; method of 

 collecting specimens, 177; letter to 

 Jules Thurmann, 177 ; expensive and 

 unfortunate publications, 179 ; letter 

 to Paul Deshayes, 180; erroneous 

 notions, 183 ; letter to Jules Thur- 

 mann, 184; invitation to James D. 

 Forbes to visit the Hotel des Neu- 

 c/iatelois, 187; occupy their old 

 quarters on the Aar glacier, 187; 

 silence of Forbes, 188; ascent of the 

 Jungfrau, 189; letter introducing 

 Forbes to Nicolet, 191 : address at 

 the inauguration of Neuchatel Aca- 

 demy, 191 ; objections by the rector, 

 192; letter to the rector, 192; dislike 

 of " ministers," 194 ; controversy with 

 Forbes, 195 ; erection of a new es- 

 tablishment on the Aar, 195 ; letter 

 to Mr. Murray, 196 ; his reply to 

 Forbes, on the laminated structures 

 of glaciers, 198 ; final letter to Forbes, 

 200; family alarmed at the increase 

 of his expenses, 201; opposition to 

 building a new cabin on the Aar, 201 ; 

 Humboldt's advice, 202; occupies 

 the new cabin on the Aar, 203 ; plans 

 for great publication on the glacial 

 system, 204; dispute with Karl 

 Schirnper, 205; his reluctance to 

 acknowledge an error, 208 ; Cuvier's 

 influence, 208 ; spends Christmas 

 with "Papa Dollfus" at Bale, 210; 

 conclusion of Kecherches sitr les 

 Poissons fossiles, 211; his classifi- 

 cation, 217; too easily multiplied the 

 number of species, 218; his collabo- 

 ration, 219; returns to his work on 

 the glacier of Aar, 219; his hospital- 

 ity at the Hotel des Neitchatelois, 

 220; complications with Vogt and 

 Desor, 221 ; his lack of management, 

 221; relations with Hugh Miller, 224; 

 letter from Hugh Miller, 226; preface 

 to Old Red Sandstone, 229; letter 



