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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 22: 1868-1871: Aet. 61-64. (search)
of benefit to his health. His party of naturalists, as finally made up, consisted of Agassiz himself, Count de Pourtales, Dr. Franz Steindachner, and Mr. Blake, a young student from the Museum, who accompanied Agassiz as assistant and draughtsman. Dr. Thomas Hill, ex-president of Harvard University, was also on the expedition, and though engaged in special investigations of his own, he joined in all the work with genial interest. The vessel was commanded by Captain (now Commodore) Philip C. Johnson, whose courtesy and kindness made the Hassler a floating home to the guests on board. So earnest and active was the sympathy felt by him and his officers in the scientific interests of the expedition, that they might be counted as a valuable additional volunteer corps. Among them should be counted Dr. William White, of Philadelphia, who accompanied the expedition in a partly professional, partly scientific capacity. The hopes Agassiz had formed of this expedition, as high as those
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 24: 1872: Aet. 65. (search)
logical elements, were the same as in the Magellan Strait. Here they rested, however, on volcanic soil. Stopping at Lota for coal, but not long enough for any scientific work, the Hassler entered Concepcion Bay on the 15th April, and anchored near Talcahuana, where she was to remain some three weeks for the repair of her engine. This quaint, primitive little town is built upon one of the finest harbors on the Pacific coast. Agassiz was fortunate in finding, through the kindness of Captain Johnson, a partially furnished house, where several large vacant rooms, opening on the patio, served admirably as scientific laboratories. Here, then, he established himself with his assistants. It was soon understood that every living thing would find a market with him, and all the idle urchins about the town flocked to the house with specimens. An unceasing traffic of birds, shells, fish, etc., went on there from morning to night, and to the various vendors were added groups of Indians com
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Index. (search)
267; opposes glacial theory, 268, 344, 345, 347; on works on Fossil and Freshwater fishes, 313-314; on his own works, 315; later views on glacial theory, 315; farewell words to Agassiz, 400. Humboldt, centennial, 674. Humboldt. scholarship, 676. Humboldt, William von, letter concerning his death, from his brother, 253. I. Iberians, 503. Ibicuhy, the, 687. Indian Reach, 745. Invertebrates, relations of, 488,490. Ithaca, N. Y., 672. J. Jackson, C. T., 437. Johnson, P. C., 692, 750. K. Kentucky, fishes of, 523. Kobell, 150, 643. Koch, the botanist, 72.. L. Labyrinthodon, 360. Lackawanna cove, 745. Lake Superior, excursion to, 463; glacial phenomena, 464; local geology, 465; fauna, 465. Lake Superior, Narrative of, 466. Lakes in New York, origin of, 663. Lausanne, Agassiz at the college of, 15. Lausanne, invitation to, 280. Lava bed in Albemarle island, 761. Lawrence, Abbott, 457. Lawrence, Scientific school establi