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INDEX. 



Asie Centrale, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 



67,69, 71,73,89,91,97,99,113, 



234, 260. 

 Cosmos, 41, 49, 53, 73, 114, 118, 



124, 265, 273, 303, 305, 346, 388, 



389. 

 De Distributione geographica plan- 



tarum, 278, 296, 304, 338, 343. 

 Essai Politique sur la Nouvelle 



Espagne, 81, 34, 37, 43, 88, 206, 



257, 305,306,430,434. 

 Essai sur la Geographic ties Plantes, 



84, 129, 136, 138, 277, 281, 305, 



306. 

 Examen Critique de 1'Histoire de la 



Geographic 32, 48, 50, 88, 134, 



236,265,271,316,322. 

 Fragment d'un tableau geologique 



de l'Amerique Meridionale, 23. 

 Letter to the Editor of the Annalen 



der Physik und Chemie, 249. 

 JVIemoire sur les Montagues de 



l'lnde, 53. 

 Memoire sur les Lignes Isothermes, 



87. 

 Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, 185. 

 Recueil d'Observations Astrono- 



miques, 234, 238, 428. 

 Recueil d'Observations de Zoologie 



et d'Anatomie Comparee, 24, 139, 



141,203,237,251. 

 Relation Historique du Voyage aux 



Regions equinoxiales, 29, 29, 46, 



48, 82; 85, 133, 13 4, 137, 139, 



141, 144, 147, 152, 180, 202, 203, 



242, 250, 269, 305, 336, 338, 



432,434. 

 Sur la Fixation des limites des 



Guyanes Francaise et Portu- 



guaise, 178. 

 Treatise on the Quina Woods, 423. 

 Uber die gereizte Muskel- und 



Nervenf'aser, 295. 

 Vues des Cordilleres et Monumens 



des Peuples indigenes de l'Ame- 

 rique, 131, 236, 269, 424, 425. 

 Humming-birds, seen at an elevation of 



14,600 feet, 237. 

 Huns, early migration of the, 5 ; various 



races of, SO, 81. 

 Hybernation of animals, 242, 243. 

 Hydras, the, 252. 

 Hylsea, of the Amazon, 6. 

 Hymenese, 220. 

 Hypsometric observations on the heights 



of mountains and their peaks, 204- 

 209. 



Illimani Peaks, situation and elevation 

 of, 204. 



Inca roads of Peru, remains of, 393-397, 

 424; flights of steps, 395, 424. 



Inca Roca, State policy of, 431. 



Incas of Peru, their early conquest of 

 Quito, 236; ancient fort and palace of 

 the, at Caxamarca, 408-411; descen- 

 dants of, 411-413; treasures taken 

 from their temples by the Spaniards, 

 410, 430; their worship of the Sun, 

 430, 431 ; expected restoration of their 

 ancient rule, 415, 432. SeeAtahuallpa. 



India, mountain plateaux of, 55. 



Indians, driven on the coast of Germany, 

 124; of the Orinoco, method of pre- 

 serving their dead, 171. 



Infusoria, vital tenacity of 241, 242, 244; 

 marine, luminosity of the, 247 ct scq. 



Insect life in the atmosphere, the ocean, 

 and the earth, 211-214. 



Insects, carried to an elevation of 19,000 

 feet above the plains, 232, 233. 



" Inundation, the Valley of," 183. 



Ipomucena Islands, 187. 



Ipurucotos, tribe of the, 1S2. 



Islands formed of coral reefs, 257. 



Italian scenery, 216; sky, 217. 



Jagua Palm, beauties of the 392. 



Jaguar, of South America, 12; traits of 

 the, 195,196, 197. 



Jainti-dhara, elevation of the, 80. 



Jao, sources of the, 162; mouth of, 164. 



Japan, history of the peopling of, 12, 131 ; 

 the character of its vegetation different 

 from that of the Asiatic continent, 320. 



Jardin des Plantes, at Paris, rich collec- 

 tions of the, 287, 288. 



Jardines del Rev, 257. 



Jarures, race of the, 20. 



Juncacese, 95,285. 



Kalmuck-Kirghis tribes, extensive 



steppes occupied by, 3. 

 Kashmir, valley of, its elevation, 59. 

 Keeling-Atoll, a coral lagoon, 255. 

 Keri, rocks of, 163, 164, 165. 

 Kincbinjinga, the highest point of the 



Himalaya, 68. 

 Knen-lun, the mountain plateau of, 53; 



the mountain chain of, 63, 66, 67. 



