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greatly ; the death of my own brother could hardly be 

 more heartily felt, and I shall sadly miss his corre- 

 spondence. He was one of the few scientific men from 

 whom I liked to have frequent letters, and to talk over 

 plans of future and discuss the past. I was greatly in 

 hopes that when he was freed from all anxiety regard- 

 ing his professional duties he might be able to work 

 again moderately and accomplish some good work yet. 



In the early winter of 1882-83 Agassiz passed a few 

 weeks in Florida, where he went with one of his sons, 

 who had not been well and was ordered to a warmer 

 climate. But the rest of the winter he was forced to 

 pass in Cambridge in charge of many business matters, 

 that fell to him owing to Mr. Shaw's illness and absence 

 in Europe. 



TO ERNST EHLERS 



Cambridge, Feb. 3, 1883. 

 It is quite a while since I have had the pleasure to 

 hear from you. I trust all is going on well with you and 

 that it is only as with all of us, press of work which has 

 kept you from giving signs of life. I hope you receive 

 regularly our publications, both the Museum and mine. 

 You will have noticed that the Blake Reports are getting 

 on quite well, and I am in hopes now to have the re- 

 maining ones shortly, so that I can finally go to work 

 at my popular account, for which I am accumulating 

 material so fast that I fear I shall be overwhelmed by 

 it and lose my way in selecting what is needed. How 

 are you progressing with the Annelids? I have been 

 since I wrote you last, as usual, a good deal of a wan- 

 derer, and each year I find it harder to stand our hard 



