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in succession all my materials without burden- 

 ing my first subscribers, who will thus be free 

 to accept the supplements or not, as they pre- 

 fer. Should you have occasion to mention 

 this arrangement to the friends of fossil ich- 

 thyology, pray do so ; it seems to me for the 

 interest of the matter that it should be known. 

 ... I propose to resume with new zeal my 

 researches upon the fossil fishes as soon as I 

 return from an excursion I wish to make in 

 July and August to the glacier of the Aar, 

 where I hope, by a last visit this year, to con- 

 clude my labors on this subject. You will be 

 glad to learn that the beautiful barometer you 

 gave me has been my faithful companion in 

 the Alps. ... I have the pleasure to tell you 

 that the King of Prussia has made me a hand- 

 some gift of nearly .£200 for the continuance 

 of my glacial work. I feel, therefore, the 

 greater certainty of completing what remains 

 for me to do. . . . 



The campaign of 1842 opened on the 4th 

 of July. The boulder had ceased to be a 

 safe shelter, and was replaced by a rough 

 frame cabin covered with canvas. If the 

 party had some regrets in leaving their pic- 

 turesque hut beneath the rock, the greater 



