56 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



may know where I am and what I am do- 

 ing. In the morning from seven to nine I 

 am at the Hospital. From nine to eleven I 

 go to the Library, where I usually work at 

 that time instead of going home. From 

 eleven till one o'clock I have lectures, after 

 which I dine, sometimes at one place, some- 

 times at another, for here every one, that is, 

 every foreigner, takes his meals in the cafs, 

 paying for the dinner on the spot, so that he 

 is not obliged to go always to the same place. 

 In the afternoon I have other lectures on 

 various subjects, according to the days, from 

 two or three till five o'clock. These ended, 

 I take a walk although it is then dark. The 

 environs of Munich are covered with snow, 

 and the people have been going about in 

 sleighs these three weeks. When I am frozen 

 through I come home, and set to work to re- 

 view my lectures of the day, or I write and 

 read till eight or nine o'clock. Then I go 

 to my cafe for supper. After supper I am 

 glad to return to the house and go to bed. 



This is the course of my daily life, with 

 the single exception that sometimes Braun 

 and I pass an evening with some professor, 

 discussing with all our might and main sub- 

 jects of which we often know nothing ; this 



