CHAPTER XVI. 



PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS. 



DEPRESSION OF SPIRITS REVIVAL OF HOPE NARROW ESCAPB 



FROM LOSS OF EYESIGHT LETTERS TO VICTOR AUDUBON 

 WHILE PUBLISHING QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA 

 AGASSIZ ATTENDS A MEETING OF GENERAL SYNOD, CON- 

 VENED AT NEW YORK VISITS A liDUBON LETTER FROM HON. 

 MITCHELL KING ELECTED TO CHAIR OF NATURAL HISTORY 

 IN CHARLESTON COLLEGE ANECDOTES. 



WE resume our narrative, October, 1847. The 

 devoted physician, Dr. Burke, hastened the 

 departure of Dr. Bach man and his family from the 

 * Red Sulphur." He accompanied them to the 

 " Blue Sulphur," and, before leaving, commended 

 them to the care and attention of the host and resi- 

 dent physician. 



A fortnight was spent here, during this time Dr. 

 Bachman wrote to his friend Audubon : " My daugh- 

 ter L. is broken down ; I do not like her symptoms, 

 still I ascribe them to fatigue and excitement, and 

 trust that change of scene and the quiet of her 

 home may speedily restore her to health." 



In the following letter to his son-in-law, we see 

 his brave spirit shrinking appalled from the future 

 to his sad eyes graves are still yawning to receive 

 his children : 



