138 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



hope I have reconciled you thereby to Nat- 

 ural History. What remains to be done will 

 be the work of less than half a year, during 

 which I wish also to get together the materials 

 for my second work, on the fossils. Of that 

 I have already spoken with my publisher, and 

 he will take it on more favorable conditions 

 than I could have dictated. Do your best to 

 find me subscribers, that we may soon make 

 our typographical arrangements. . . . 



His father's answer, full of fun as it is, 

 shows, nevertheless, that the prospect of do- 

 mesticating not only the naturalist and his 

 collections, but artist and assistant also, was 

 rather startling. 



FROM HIS FATHER. 



CONCISE, November- 16, 1830. 



. . . You speak of Christmas as the mo- 

 ment of your arrival ; let us call it the New 

 Year. You will naturally pass some days at 

 Neuchatel to be with your brother, to see the 

 Messrs. Coulon, etc. ; from there to Cudrefin 

 for a look at your collection ; then to Con- 

 cise, then to Montagny, Orbe, Lausanne, 

 Geneva, etc. : M. le Docteur will be claimed 

 and feted by all in turn. And during all 



