CONTENTS 



THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



I. MY ANCESTORS AND PARENTS ...... 3 



IE. RECOLLECTIONS OF CHILDHOOD 26 



HI. MY DESULTORY EDUCATION 49 



IV. FIRST VISITS FROM HOME 66 



V. SOME KENTUCKY MAGNATES 71 



VI. POLITICAL CLOUDS GATHER 82 



VII. I BECOME AGASSIZ'S PUPIL AT HARVARD .... 90 



VIII. SOME COLLEGE COMPANIONS 118 



IX. CRUISING AND CAMPING 130 



X. AN EXPEDITION TO THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE . . 139 



XI. ANTICOSTI AND LABRADOR 150 



XII. THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR 170 



XIII. MY LAST YEAR AT HARVARD 179 



XIV. CAMBRIDGE AND BOSTON CELEBRITIES .... 193 

 XV. OFF TO THE WAR 207 



THE MEMOIR 



FOREWORD. 1859-1862 215 



XVI. THE WAR. 1862-1867 219 



XVII. WALKS AND TALKS ABROAD. 1866-1868 .... 228 

 XVIII. TEACHING AND EXPLORING. 1869-1873 . . . .247 



XIX. ENGLAND. 1872-1873 255 



XX. FIELD WORK. 1873-1879 . 270 



