PART IL 



IN AMERICA. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



1846 : ^T. 39. 



Arrival at Boston. Previous Correspondence with Charles 

 Lyell and Mr. John A. Lowell concerning Lectures at the 

 Lowell Institute. Relations with Mr. Lowell. First 

 Course of Lectures. Character of Audience. Home 

 Letter giving an Account of his First Journey in the United 

 States. Impressions of Scientific Men, Scientific Institu- 

 tions and Collections. 



AGASSIZ arrived in Boston during the first 

 week of October, 1846. He had not come to 

 America without some prospect of employ- 

 ment beside that comprised in his immediate 

 scientific aims. In 1845, when his plans for 

 a journey in the United States began to take 

 definite shape, he had written to ask Lyell 

 whether, notwithstanding his imperfect Eng- 

 lish, he might not have some chance as a 

 public lecturer, hoping to make in that way 

 additional provision for his scientific expenses 



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