
          My Dear Friend 


 I doubt if I have 
 written since yours of the 15th was 
 received, and on Saturday 
 evening, on returning from Agassiz'
 Lecture, I found yours of 18-24th.


 When I next see Agassiz, 
 viz. on Tuesday Evening, I will 
 ask him what he thinks about 
 lecturing in New York. I should 
 like to know what plan is proposed 
 and what tangible inducements 
 can really be offered. No doubt
 some 800 dollars or so would be 
 very acceptable to him; but 
 after lecturing to large and crowded 
 houses here, it would not be so 
 pleasant to address a thin audience 
 among
        