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pleasant young fellow, used to come and see 

 us, — what a long stretch of time lies be- 

 tween. Much is changed about me. Of 

 former friends only Kobell and Vogel remain ; 

 Zuccarini, Wagner, Oken, Schelling, Sieber, 

 Fuchs, Walther, — all these have gone home. 

 All the pleasanter is it that you, on the other 

 side of the ocean, think sometimes of your old 

 friend, to whom a letter from you will be al- 

 ways welcome. Remember me to your family, 

 though I am not known to them. May the 

 present year bring you health, cheerfulness, 

 and the full enjoyment of your great and glo- 

 rious success. 



With warm esteem and friendship, always 

 yours, 



Martius. 



Agassiz arrived in Cambridge toward the 

 end of August, 1866. After the first excite- 

 ment of meeting family and friends was over, 

 he took up his college and museum work 

 again. He had left for Brazil at the close of 

 a course before the Lowell Institute, and his 

 first public appearance after his return was on 

 the same platform. The rush for tickets was 

 far in excess of the supply, and he was wel- 

 comed with the most ardent enthusiasm. It 

 continued unabated to the close, although the 



