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to Professor Sedgwick, 231 ; his ' 

 .\[<>n<\> jf>/i of the Fossil Fishes of 

 the DiJ AV,/, 231; IJistoire natu- 

 /\>issons d' Kau douce de 

 1' Europe Ceiitrale, unfinished, 232; 

 ;'s dissatisfaction, 233 ; generosity 

 to Desor, 234 ; success at meeting of 

 the Geological Society of France at 

 Chambery, 235; recognition of his 

 glacial theory, 236; lithographic es- 

 tablishment broken up, 237 ; Dinkel 

 leaves Xeuchatel, 237 ; collaborators 

 on Nomenclator Zoologiciis, 241 ; 

 present value of Agassiz's publica- 

 tions, 243 ; debt on account of publi- 

 cations, 244 ; his pecuniary position 

 becomes serious, 244 ; fourteen years' 

 work at Neuchatel, 245 ; Vogt and 

 Desor, 245 ; gift of King of Prussia 

 for journey to America, 246 ; painful 

 incident in his family life, 246; last 

 public course of lectures at Neucha- 

 tel, 247 ; first news of journey to 

 New World, 247 ; last lecture pub- 

 lished in Revue Suisse, 247 ; types of 

 man, change of opinion, 248 ; the 

 author's introduction to Agassiz, 

 248 ; letter to Pictet, 249 ; last visit 

 to Aar, 250; at the meeting of Hel- 

 vetian Society of Natural Sciences, 

 Geneva, 1845, 251 ; address on the 

 structure of fins of fishes, Geneva, 

 251 ; address on the glacier of Aar, 

 Geneva, 251 ; visit to Zurich, 251 ; 

 address on the brain of fishes, 

 Geneva, 252 ; letter to Pictet, 252 ; 

 dinner given to him by Helvetian 

 Society, 252; corrections of Pictet's 

 biography, 253 ; appreciated by his 

 countrymen, 256; good by to Neu- 

 chatel, 257; returns all specimens 

 loaned by friends and public institu- 

 tions, 257 ; departure from Neu- 

 chatel, 258 ; as a dreamer, 261 ; his 

 great lump of gold, 261 ; directions 

 with regard to his library, 261 ; visit 

 to Paris, 262; Catalogue raisonne, 

 263 ; work on glaciers published in 

 Paris, 264; discussion of the glacial 

 theory, Paris, 265 ; success of the 

 glacial theory in France, 266; Jardin 



des Plantes, 267; Catalogue d<-<; 

 Echinodermes,2(x); Desor adds his 

 name to " Catalogue," 270 ; many 

 attentions from old friends in Paris, 

 272 ; declines invitation to meet 

 Forbes, 273; endeavour to keep him 

 in Paris, 274; portrait by Berthoud, 

 274; meeting of British Association 

 at Southampton, 275; interview with 

 Lyell about America, 275 ; English 

 leaders of science courteous ami 

 friendly, 275; embarked at Liver- 

 pool for Boston, 275 ; on the Atlan- 

 tic, 277 ; study of English language, 

 277 ; arrival in America, 279 ; recep- 

 tion by Mr. John A. Lowell, 280; be- 

 ginning of a new life, 280; condition 

 of the sciences in America, 281 ; visits 

 the surrounding country, 282 ; avoids 

 fashionable society, 283; visits Au- 

 guste Mayor, 283; visits Mr. Red- 

 field, 283; manner of living in 

 America, 284; visits Princeton, 284; 

 visits Philadelphia and Washington 

 with Professor Gray, 284 ; efforts to 

 improve government scientific publi- 

 cations, 288; first course of lectures 

 before the Lowell Institute, 288 ; first 

 lecture in the English language, 289 : 

 audiences in America, 290; as a 

 lecturer, 290; lectures in French in 

 Boston, 291; his lectures published 

 in newspapers, 291; repeats Lowell 

 lectures at Albany, 292 ; visits 

 Charleston, S. C., 292; new dis- 

 coveries and surprises in the South, 

 292; his observations on ne; 

 293; in New York, 294; house at 

 East Boston, 295 ; sickness, 295 ; 

 visitors at the "naturalists' home," 

 296; goes to Niagara Falls with Mr. 

 Lowell, 297; cruise in tho sir 

 Bibb, 297; Desor's change of man 

 ner, 298; letter to Monsieur ! 

 Marcou, 300. 



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