No. 375-] AGASSIZ AT PENIKESE. 195 
tained always a cheerful demeanor, and none suspected his 
condition to be such that his wife watched him with increas- 
ing anxiety, and during her occasional absences arranged a 
simple signal between his room and mine (directly below) which 
should notify me of his sudden illness or need of aid. 
Saturday, the 26th of July, was a red-letter day for all. 
Minor events were the collection of a Gunellus, an Echineis, 
two rays, and one shark; the brains of all were exposed, com- 
pared by the class, and then preserved. The finding of eggs 
in the oviducts on both sides of a ray caused Agassiz great 
joy, while to most of us, hailing, as we did, from “fresh-water ” 
institutions, it was a kind of revelation. But the crowning 
event was the arrival of Arnold Guyot, Agassiz’s fellow-student, 
collaborator, and life-long friend. Strongly contrasted in cer- 
tain respects, but both eminently handsome, as they strolled 
about the island with arms thrown over each other’s shoulders, 
they made a picture at once charming and majestic and never 
to be effaced. They were united even in their discourses. 
Naturally, the advent of Guyot made glaciers a leading topic, 
and at a pause in the lecture of either the other would interpo- 
late, “No, Louis,” or “ Yes, Arnold; don’t you remember so and 
so?” etc. Indeed, the presence of Guyot constituted a natural 
climax to the scientific idyl at Penikese. 
Yet the delightful spirit of the time and place did not pre- 
clude hard work. From morning to night and during the 
evening all were occupied. Whether guiding or following, 
imparting or receiving, demonstrating or observing, instructors 
and pupils alike were striving to increase both their own knowl- 
edge and that of others; nor does there rise in my memory a 
single instance of self-seeking upon the part of any connected 
with the school. 
How else could it be with the example of the master ever 
before us? No longer young, exhausted not so much by work 
(although that had often been excessive) as by responsibilities 
and uncongenial administrative duties, commanding from one 
hundred to five hundred dollars for a single public lecture, 
yet often with “no time”’ to that end, at Penikese he lectured 
almost daily, sometimes twice a day, and was an attentive lis- 
