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have inclosed to them in my communication. 

 I anticipate much pleasure from the perusal 

 of your work on Lake Superior, when it comes 

 to hand, which, as your publishers have in- 

 trusted it to the care of a gentleman visiting 

 this country, will, I think, be soon. It is not 

 often that a region so remote and so little 

 known as that which surrounds the great lake 

 of America is visited by a naturaHst of the 

 first class. From such a terra incognita, at 

 length unveiled to eyes so discerning,! antici- 

 pate strange tidings. 



I am, my dear sir, with respect and admira- 

 tion, very truly yours, 



Hugh Miller. 



In the spring of 1850 Agassiz married 

 Elizabeth Cabot Gary, daughter of Thomas 

 Graves Gary, of Boston. This marriage con- 

 firmed his resolve to remain, at least for the 

 present, in the United States. It connected 

 him by the closest ties with a large family 

 circle, of which he was henceforth a beloved 

 and honored member, and made him the 

 brother-in-law of one of his most intimate 

 friends in Cambridge, Professor G. G. Felton. 

 Thus secure of favorable conditions for the 

 care and education of his children, he called 



