Of your fishes I received a good lesson. At the market 
a Silvercarp was beine promoted as different from a Buffalo; 
I took only one or two specimen Ayd find them really different 
with a longer ..«...... and a larger mouth with thin lips, of 
which I have only one poor example. Please help me to repair 
this neglisgenge on my part and do not forget, that all those 
Whitefish demand very strong Alcohol and an incision in the 
belly. Should the crawfish make an appearance I would be most 
grateful to accept a little casket (barrel ?) and you could 
send it for comparisons to Cleveland and retain a larger 
number for the next barrel. If I myself could not go to Cleve- 
land professors Peirce,Hartford and D. Gould from here will be 
there and will brinez them to me zeladly. The tables of my mono- 
graph of the ara Er already in the hands of the litho - 
grapher so that the specimen from St. Louis are very much de- 
sired. May-be you could pack them with Gray's if you intend to 
send him something soon and nobody from St2Lonis does go to 
Cleveland. 
If you see Dr. Kriez give him my best regards and ask 
him to give you the names of the Zz (? E.D.), who were with us 
on the fishing excursion. I forgot to write them down and I 
would like to register something permanent in memory of our 
excursion which was so instructive for me, 
Best greetings to your dear wife from me and my wife 
and also to Georg. 
In great friendship 
Your Agassiz 
I enclose a letter for Lindheimer, in which I ask him to help 
me obtain naturalla of ponds and specially the sweet-water 
fishes. Please be kind enouseh to address the letter ard to 
7 8 9 10 MISSOURI 
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