xxii CONTENTS OF THE FIEST VOLUME. 



CHAPTER VII. 



FROM QUITO TO MEXICO. 



Acquisition of Manuscripts The Carib and Inca Languages Former 

 Civilisation The Road of the Incas Expedition to the Amazon, and 

 Return over the Andes Caxamarca First View of the Pacific Ocean 

 Truxillo, Lima, Guayaquil Guano as Manure Acapulco The 

 Huniboldt Current Letter to the National Institute . PAGE 320 



CHAPTER VIII. 



MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES. BET URN HOME. 



From Acapulco to the Capital Acquisition of Historical Information 

 concerning New Spain The Mines of Moran and Guanaxuato The 

 Jorullo Correspondence with Willdenow Reminiscences of a Fail- 

 Mexican Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl The Pyramid of Cholula 

 Jalapa, Cofre, Orizaba Second Visit to Havana Visit to the United 

 States Sojourn with Jefferson at Washington Return Home At 

 Bordeaux Humboldt an Apparition Greetings to his Friends . 328 



CHAPTER IX. 



HOME LIFE. 



New Circumstances, but old Friends Co-operation with Pictet Plan for 

 the Publication of his Works English Translation Labours with 

 Gay-Lussac and Biot Letters to Friends at Berlin Visit to Italy 

 Visit to Germany Berlin Honours and Occupation Letters to old 

 Friends The Fall of Prussia Humboldt as a Mediator Consolation 

 in the Study of Nature 342 



TRAVELS IN ASIA. 



CHAPTER I. 



PROJECTED SCHEMES. 



Proposals from Russia in 1811 Negotiations with Von Rennenkampff 

 Preparatory Studies Projected Arrangements with Prussia, 1818 

 Munificence of Frederick William III. Acquisition of Asiatic Lan- 

 guages 365 



CHAPTER II. 



TRAVELS IN ASIATIC RUSSIA. 



Proposal and Negotiations Journey from Berlin to St. Petersburg Visits . 

 to St. Petersburg and Moscow Line of Route Distance travelled 



