CHAPTER VIII. 



1834-1837: JET. 27-30. 



First Visit to England. Reception by Scientific Men. 

 Work on Fossil Fishes there. Liberality of English 

 Naturalists. First Relations with American Science. 

 Farther Correspondence with Humboldt. Second Visit 

 to England. Continuation of " Fossil Fishes." Other 

 Scientific Publications. Attention drawn to Glacial Phe- 

 nomena. Summer at Bex with Charpentier. Sale of 

 Original Drawings for " Fossil Fishes." Meeting of Hel- 

 vetic Society. Address on Ice-Period. Letters from 

 Humboldt and Von Buch. 



IN August, 1834, according to his cherished 

 hope, Agassiz went to England, and was re- 

 ceived by the scientific men with a cordial 

 sympathy which left not a day or an hour of 

 his short sojourn there unoccupied. The fol- 

 lowing letter from Buckland is one of many 

 proffering hospitality and friendly advice on 



his arrival. 







DR. BUCKLAND TO LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



OXFORD, August 26, 1834. 



... I am rejoiced to hear of your safe ar- 

 rival in London, and write to say that I am 



