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kept a record of the expedition such as she made for the Bra- 

 zilian journey. This diary, however, was not fully prepared 

 for the press at the time of Agassiz's death and has never 

 been published as a whole, although portions appeared as 

 three articles The Hassler Glacier, In the Straits of Ma- 

 gellan and A Cruise through the Galapagos in the Atlantic 

 Monthly for October, 1872, and January and May, 1873; 

 other parts were also published by Mrs. Agassiz in her biog- 

 raphy of Agassiz. Since a fuller record of the voyage, re- 

 plete as it was with unusual experiences, is worthy of pres- 

 ervation, and since Mrs. Agassiz's part in the company is 

 highly characteristic, extracts from her letters that supple- 

 ment the published accounts are given here, although some 

 of them have less personal than general interest. 



TO MRS. THOMAS G. GARY 



December 12, 1871 



WE are and have been all day floating along on a sum- 

 mer sea. You can hardly imagine waking in the morn- 

 ing so warm that it is a relief when the cabin boy 

 brings me my bath tub full of fresh sea water. There 

 is little to tell, but I wish you could see us as we sit 

 on deck under our awning, I with my work in my lap 

 and my book at my side, sewing sometimes, reading 

 sometimes, talking, as circumstances favor. Agassiz 

 is busy, of course, and he has begun as before on the 

 Colorado to lecture on the work of the day, only here 

 he lectures on deck. This morning I sat with my back 

 to the little audience, but the Captain told me that 

 nothing interested him more in the scene than to 



