76 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



my time since I came here, and then I am 

 sure you will be satisfied with me. I only 

 wish to guard against one thing : do not take 

 it into your head that I am about to don the 

 fool's cap suddenly and surprise you with a 

 Doctor's degree ; that would be going a lit- 

 tle too fast, nor do I think of it yet. ... I 

 want to remind you not to let the summer 

 pass without getting me fishes according to 

 the list in my last letter, which I hope you 

 have not mislaid. You would give me great 

 pleasure by sending them as soon as possible. 

 Let me tell you why. M. Cuvier has an- 

 nounced the publication of a complete work 

 on all the known fishes, and in the prospectus 

 he calls on such naturalists as occupy them- 

 selves with ichthyology to send him the fishes 

 of the country where they live ; he mentions 

 those who have already sent him collections, 

 and promises duplicates from the Paris Mu- 

 seum to those who will send him more. He 

 names the countries also from which he has 

 received contributions, and regrets that he has 

 nothing from Bavaria. Now I possess sev- 

 eral specimens of all the native species, and 

 have even discovered some ten not hitherto 

 known to occur here, beside one completely 

 new to science, which I have named Cyprinus 



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