140 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



ing in my ears, each one of which, to the 

 number of some hundred, signifies at least 

 twenty yards in width, to say nothing of the 

 length. For my part, I have already, notwith- 

 standing the approach of winter, put up a 

 big nail in the garret, on which to hang my 

 bands and surplice. Listen, then, to the con- 

 clusion of your father. Give all possible care 

 to your affairs in Munich, put them in per- 

 fect order, leave nothing to be done, and leave 

 nothing behind except the painter. You can 

 call him in from here, whenever you think 

 you can make use of him. 



TO HIS PARENTS. 



Munich, November 26, 1830. 



. . . When you receive this I shall be no 

 longer in Munich ; by means of a last draft 

 on M. Eichthal I have settled with every one, 

 and I hope to leave the day after to-morrow. 

 I fully recognize the justice of your observa- 

 tions, my dear father, but as you start from a 

 mistaken point of view, they do not coincide 

 altogether with existing circumstances. I in- 

 tend to stay with you until the approach of 

 summer, not only with the aim of working 

 upon the text of my book, but chiefly in order 

 to take advantage of all the fossil collections 



