20 LOUIS AGASSIZ 



and which are shut up in a wooden tub 

 with a cover, and in various big glass 

 jars. A live gudgeon with beautiful 

 stripes is wriggling in his wash-bowl, 

 and he has adorned his table with 

 monkeys. We stay together in his 

 room or mine by turns, so as not to 

 need heat in two rooms, and not to burn 

 twice as much for light. ? ' 



The Little Academy could hold from 

 fifteen to twenty persons i i conven- 

 iently.' 7 The walls were white and 

 covered with diagrams, to which the 

 draughtsmen employed by Agassiz to 

 draw his fishes had added skeletons and 

 caricatures. Braun, Schimper, and Ag- 

 assiz alike brought home all the speci- 

 mens they could collect in their excur- 

 sions ; and such material' had to find a 

 place, whether on the bed or on the 

 floor. Books filled the chairs, so that no 

 visitor could sit down ; and sometimes 

 there was little room to stand or move 

 about. "In short, it was quite orig- 



