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in Switzerland. For that purpose I positively 

 need a draughtsman, who, thanks to my pub- 

 lisher, is not in my pay, and who must accom- 

 pany me in future wherever I go. Since 

 there is no room at home, please see how he 

 can be lodged in the neighborhood. I have, 

 at the utmost, to glance each day at what 

 he has done. I can even give him work for 

 several weeks in which my presence would be 

 unnecessary. If there is a considerable col- 

 lection of fossils at Zurich, I shall leave him 

 there till he has finished his work, and then 

 he will rejoin me ; all that depends upon cir- 

 cumstances. In any case he must not be a 

 charge to you, still less interfere with our 

 family privacy. That I may spend all my 

 time with you, I shall at present bring with 

 me nothing that is not absolutely necessary. 

 We shall see later where I shall place my 

 museum. As to visits, they are not to be 

 thought of until the spring. I could not bear 

 the idea of interruption before the first num- 

 ber of my " Fishes " is finished. 



The artist in question was Mr . Dinkel. His 

 relations with the family became of a truly 

 friendly character. The connection between 

 him and Agassiz, most honorable to both par- 



