
          Ansd. [Answered] Dec. 9


 Wednesday, December 2nd.


 Dear Friend 


 Yours of 28th Nov.-Dec. 1, 
 from Princeton, reached me this evening.
 Agassiz was with me, and received the
 intelligence about the snakes &c. with 
 joy (He does not begin his lectures 
 till Tuesday next.) Knieskern
 writes that he has sent to you a 
 parcel of plants for me, but he 
 does not say a word about the 
 rest of Lowell's, which I have so 
 long urged him for, by which I 
 shall lose the chance of sending 
 the duplicate set to Trieste, by a 
 vessel now up. I dare say he 
 wants the pay greatly, but my 
 affirmation that he shall not have 
 a cent till all are sent does not 
 seem to hurry him at all.


 Who do you want extra copies of 
 Chloris [added: &c] for? You will get another 
 copy from the Academy when the
        