LIFE AT PEN IKE SE. 77S 



I^Bnow of Brown University, Agassiz had with 

 ^Bhim some of his oldest friends and colleagues. 

 Count de Pourtales was there, superintending 

 the dredging, for which there were special 

 conveniences, Mr. Charles G. Galloupe having 

 presented the school with a yacht for the ex- 

 press purpose. This generous gift gave Ag- 

 assiz the greatest pleasure, and completed the 

 outfit of the school as nothing else could 

 have done. Professor Arnold Guyot, also, — 

 Agassiz's comrade in younger years, — his 

 companion in many an Alpine excursion, — 

 came to the island to give a course of lec- 

 tures, and remained for some time. It was 

 their last meeting in this world, and together 

 they lived over their days of youthful adven- 

 ture. The lectures of the morning and af- 

 ternoon would sometimes be followed by an 

 informal meeting held on a little hill, which 

 was a favorite resort at sunset. There the 

 whole community gathered around the two 

 old friends, to hear them talk of their gla- 

 cial explorations, one recalling what the other 

 had forgotten, till the scenes lived again for 

 themselves, and became almost equally vivid 

 for their listeners. The subject came up nat- 

 urally, for, strange to say, this island in a 



