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ton, who died a few years ago. You will get 

 nothing like the same remuneration anywhere 

 else. . . . 



Lyell and Mr. Lowell soon arranged all 

 preliminaries, and it was understood that 

 Agassiz should begin his tour in the United 

 States by a course of lectures in Boston be- 

 fore the Lowell Institute. A month or two 

 before sailing he writes as follows to Mr. 

 Lowell. 



PARIS, July 6, 1846. 



. . . Time is pressing, summer is running 

 away, and I feel it a duty to write to you 

 about the contemplated lectures, that you may 

 not be uncertain about them. So far as the 

 subject is concerned, I am quite ready; all 

 the necessary illustrations are also completed, 

 and if I am not mistaken they must by this 

 time be in your hands. ... I understand 

 from Mr. Lyell that you wish me to lecture in 

 October. For this also I am quite prepared, 

 as I shall, immediately after my arrival in Bos- 

 ton, devote all my time to the consideration of 

 my course. If a later date should suit your 

 plans better, I have no objection to conform 

 to any of your arrangements, as I shall at all 

 events pass the whole winter on the shores of 



