CHAPTER XV. 



1847-1850: ^T. 40-43. 



Excursions on Coast Survey Steamer. Relations with Dr. 

 Bache, the Superintendent of the Coast Survey. Political 

 Disturbances in Switzerland. Change of Relations with 

 Prussia. Scientific School established in Cambridge. 

 Chair of Natural History offered to Agassiz. Accept- 

 ance. Removal to Cambridge. Literary and Scientific 

 Associations there and in Boston. Household in Cam- 

 bridge. Beginning of Museum. Journey to Lake Supe- 

 rior. " Report, with Narration." " Principles of Zool- 

 ogy," by Agassiz and Gould. Letters from European 

 Friends respecting these Publications. Letter from Hugh 

 Miller. Second Marriage. Arrival of his Children in 

 America. 



ONE of Agassiz's great pleasures in the 

 summer of 1847 consisted in excursions on 

 board the Coast Survey steamer Bibb, then 

 employed in the survey of the harbor and 

 bay of Boston, under command of Captain 

 (afterward Admiral) Charles Henry Davis. 

 Under no more kindly auspices could Agas- 

 siz's relations with this department of govern- 

 ment work have been begun. "My cabin," 

 writes Captain Davis, after their first trip to- 

 gether, " seems lonely without you." 



