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a year. In the meantime Dr. Seyfert is delivering 

 lectures. 



Geuther has received a call to Jena to succeed Leh- 

 mann, and has accepted. Although I was unwilling to 

 lose him, nevertheless it was I who proposed him, 

 when asked by the Curatorium. More next tune. 



In best friendship, 



Your 



WOHLER. 



GOTTINQEN, 4 March 1863. 

 DEAR GOSSMANN, 



I hope that you have received through Professor 

 Joy my note of February 24. I have finally obtained 

 from the mining headquarters in Cassel the informa- 

 tion concerning the Attendorf Salt Works, and send 

 it to you with the hope that it will meet your ex- 

 pectations. 



I had intended to write you more fully on this occa- 

 sion, but I am so preoccupied just now that I have to 

 be sparing of my time. And yet I should be sorry to 

 delay longer any change in your affairs expected by 

 you. But I shall write you shortly, although, as you 

 very well know, the monotony of our life here affords 

 little occasion to report anything new. I shall then 

 give you first of all a detailed description of our splen- 

 did new laboratory, which, to be sure, cost 40,000 thlr. 

 but is, in my opinion, better arranged than any other. 

 There is plenty of room to provide comfortably for at 

 least 80 laboratory students. 



Let me call your attention to another thing. Does 



