CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE CRUISE OF THE 



BIBB. 



Return from Brazil — Renewed Work at the Museum — Lectures in 

 New York — The Resolution of Bancroft — The Coast Survey and 

 Science — Appointment to Cornell University — Report to the 

 Legislature— The Cruise of the BM — Address on Humboldt. 



of lectures on the trip, which were given, and received 

 with great enthusiasm. Then came a call from New 

 York, and the lectures were repeated at the Cooper 

 Union, the remarkable sight being witnessed of no 

 standing room at a series of scientific lectures where 



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GASSIZ returned from 

 Brazil in August, 1866, 

 and was soon deeply en- 

 grossed in his beloved 

 museum, which was en- 

 riched by treasures that 

 a year or so previous he 

 had not dreamed of. The 

 public at large was in- 

 tensely interested in his 

 work, and there was an im- 

 mediate and pressing de- 

 mand upon him for a series 



