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Contents. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PAGE 



LIFE IN CAMBRIDGE Io6 



Continued Honours— Invitation to Paris — Receives the 

 Order of the Legion of Honour — Bequest of Francis 

 C. Gray — The Museum — Visit to Europe — Dedication of 

 the Museum — Growth of Corals — The * ' Contributions " — 

 Fiftieth Birthday — Patriotism — Founder of the National 

 Academy. 



CHAPTER XV. 



AGASSIZ IN BRAZIL Il8 



Failing Health — Brazilian Trip — Naturalists of the party — 

 Arrival in Brazil — Courtesy of Dom Pedro — Lectures in 

 French before ihe Emperor — Visit to Coffee Plantation — 

 Strange Ant Nests — Hunting in Brazil — Attempt to Observe 

 the Tapir — Curious Animals — Ant-Eaters, Sloths, etc. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



AROUND PARA 125 



Amazon Life — The Natives — The Four-Eyed Fish — New^ 

 Discoveries of Fishes — Forest Fishes — Tropical Scenery — A 

 Canoe Voyage — Visit to a Forest Home — Indian Houses in 

 the Submerged Forest — Opinions of the Natives Regarding 

 Agassiz. 



CHAPTER XVIL 



UP THE RIO NEGRO ....... I3I 



Interest of Dom Pedro — Wooding up a Rio Negro Steamer 

 — At Teffe — Fishts That Carry Young in Thtir Mouths — 

 Collecting Plants at Fonte Boa — Laboratory at Teffe — 

 Remarkable Family of Fishes — The Stud is — Distribution 

 of Fishes — Routine Work — Floating Islands — Numerous 

 Nevi^ Species of Fishes. 



