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given me great pleasure. I attach great value to this pub- 

 lication, which appears to me to be edited in a perfect man- 

 ner ; and since you are kind enough to offer to send me the 

 whole series, I am not afraid to confess that by so doing 

 you will render me a great service. Perhaps, my dear sir, 

 I am trespassing on your goodness, the more that I have 

 not yet been able to find the opportunity to prove to you 

 how much I appreciate the interest you have felt for me ; 

 but I hope you will always make free use of me, if I can be 

 of service to you in any way. ..... 



Already, my dear sir, you have had the kindness to 

 remember me in the number before the last of your Journal, 

 and while owning that I do not merit the too flattering 

 praises which you bestow on me, I hasten to express to you 

 my sincere gratitude for the warmth with which you have 



made me known to your countrymen For several 



years I have calculated the possibilities of my making a 

 tour in America, for I must say to you that I have the 

 greatest desire to see that country, and to make your per- 

 sonal acquaintance. Up to this time my publications have 

 not left me the leisure. I close, begging you to remember 

 me to Mr. Redfield, who I hope pursues with zeal his 

 paleontological investigations, and I expect from them 

 great results. In the hope that you will send me news of 

 yourself soon, I beg you to believe me always, 



Your devoted, 



L. AGASSIZ. 



NEUFCH!TEL, 5th November. 1838. 



FROM PROFESSOR AGASSIZ. 



..... MY work on glaciers, I think, of all my writings, 

 is the one which will excite the most general interest, 

 especially since the discovery I have recently made during 

 a residence of several months in England, of their existence 

 on an extended scale through all the mountain chains of 

 Scotland, Ireland, and England, a discovery which fully 



