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other friendly governments, a privilege Emmons obtained through the 

 courtesy of Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, the American Minister to France. 

 Here Emmons worked industriously for two academic years, from No- 

 vember, 1862, to the summer of 1864. The faculty was regarded in 

 Paris as- an exceptionally brilliant one, but the two men who inspired 

 the American student with enthusiasm were Elie de Beaumont and 

 Daubree. 



At the close of the school year Emmons concluded that it would be 

 more to his advantage to spend the last year of study in Germany rather 

 than complete the course in Paris. Two considerations influenced him: 

 the one was that the practical side of mining engineering was taught 

 more in detail at Freiberg, and the proximity of the mines to the town 

 rendered access to the works far more convenient. The other was a 

 desire to learn something of the German school of geology. Leaving 

 Paris, he entered the Bergakademie at Freiberg, Saxony, in the early 

 summer of 1864, in time to take the practical course of underground 

 work in the mines, and also to familiarize himself with the language 

 before lectures began in October. He remained in Freiberg till mid- 

 summer of 1865. 



From Heidelberg, where I had devoted most of my time to chemistry 

 and mineralogy in Bunsen's laboratory, I reached Freiberg in the spring 

 of 1865, meeting Frank Emmons for the first time. His greeting was 

 most cordial, and he gave me much kindly advice based on the longer 

 experience in the Bergakademie, advice which I found most valuable. 

 Although he intended to follow the profession of a mining engineer, he 

 devoted relatively little time to mechanical engineering, while I was 

 always ready to lay aside metallurgical studies for field geology. To- 

 gether we took all the week-end excursions with dear old Bernhard 

 von Cotta, visiting many parts of Saxony, and studying petrology as 

 laid down in that now antiquated text book, Cotta's "Die Gesteinlehre'' 

 (Zweite Auflage, 1862). Many an evening Emmons and I spent to- 

 gether over the map of Saxon}^, acquiring our initiative experience in 

 geological cartography, which later stood us in good service. Both came 

 to realize the influence of Cotta upon our future careers. In this way 

 an intimate friendship, which lasted through a lifetime, was formed 

 during these few months of Germon student life. Emmons left Freiberg 

 in midsummer and traveled through parts of Europe, visiting many of 

 the important mining centers. He spent the winter in Italy, making 

 Rome his headquarters, and returned to Boston in June, 1866, after an 

 absence of five years. 



I returned to my home in Boston in December, 1866. A few weeks 

 later, while in New York, I was offered a position as assistant geologist 



