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Humboldt in Paris, ii. 61. Hum- 

 boldt's letter to, from Paris, 87. His 

 delineation of maps, 91. Humboldt's 

 correspondence with, 225. His 

 ' Physical Atlas,' 283 

 Berlin, general condition of, in the 

 early youth of Humboldt, i. 34. The 

 Montags-Club, 35. Views of the 

 King on various matters, 35. 

 Forster's views of the city, and its 

 society, 36, 37. Loose state of the 

 morals at this time, 38. The Jewish 

 an important element in the intel- 

 lectual society of, 42. Enthusiastic 

 feeling of the ladies of Berlin for 

 Lessing, 42. State of society in, in 

 1797, 212. Distasteful to Hum- 

 boldt, 2l2. Official life at, 355. 

 Humboldt at, 355. Napoleon as 

 conqueror seated at, 361. Founda- 

 tion of the University of, ii. 48. 

 Eeturn of Humboldt to, 70. Rela- 

 tive importance of Paris and Berlin, 

 80. Houses of, 80, 81. Society of 

 the city, 81. The ' Sontagzeit,' 82. 

 Completion of the Theatre, and 

 building of the Museum, 83. Statues 

 at, 83. "Weekly reunions formed 

 at, 83. Kemarks upon Humboldt's 

 return to his native city, 84. Ra- 

 hel's remark respecting Berlin, 89. 

 Goethe's name for the Berlinese, 89, 

 90. Less eminent in men of Euro- 

 pean reputation than Paris, 92. 

 Called the centre of German civili- 

 sation,' 10L Berlin audiences, 110, 



111. Humboldt's lectures in, 111, 



112. Intellectual culture of, 123. 

 Foundation of the Scientific Society 

 in, 124. Chosen for a meet- 

 ing of natural philosophers, 128. 

 Formation of the Geographical 

 Society of, 148. Humboldt's opinion 

 of, 181. Formation of the Museum 

 at, 191. Opening of the railway 

 between Berlin and Potsdam, 233. 

 Speech of Humboldt at the Aca- 

 demy, 233. King Frederick 

 William IV. at the University of, 

 243. Humboldt's description of it, 

 256. An annual grant by the King 

 to the University of, 273. Revolu- 

 tion of, in 1848, 340, 341. Hum- 

 boldt's part in the Revolution, 340. 

 The populace of, 341. After the 

 battle of Worth, 341. Parade of the 

 German colours on March 21, 341. 

 Humboldt receives the congratulations 

 of the Academy, 385 



Bernstorff, Count, put upon his guard 



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against Russia, ii. 1 62. Sends letters 

 by Humboldt to Paris, 163 



Berthollet, Claude-Louis, at Paris, i. 

 233. Notice of him, ii. 31, 32. 

 Called ' Ammonia ' by Humboldt, 32 



Bertholletia, the genus, ii. 32 



Beryl, Imperial Russian laboratories 

 for cutting the, i. 378 



Bessel, his letters to Humboldt, ii. 101, 

 181, 235, 246. His allusions to 

 Dirichlet in flattering terms, 103. 

 Unable to attend the meeting of 

 the Scientific Association, 136. His 

 account of Humboldt's loyalty, 232, 

 235. His admiration of ' Cosmos/ 

 333. Met by Humboldt at Konigs- 

 berg, i. 376 



Beyne, retires from the service of the 

 State, ii. 81 



Biot, Jean-Baptiste, his friendship with 

 Biot, ii. 30 



Blagodad, i. 378 



Blanchard, his balloon ascent at Berlin, 

 i. 61. His character, 61. His wife, 61 



Blanco, Rio, latitude and longitude of, 

 i. 291 



Bliicher. Rauch's monument to, at Ber- 

 lin, ii. 83 



Blumenbach, his lectures at Gottingen, 

 i. 72. Humboldt's testimony to, ii. 

 133, Counsellor, i. 269 



Bockh, as a philologist, ii. 91. His 

 lectures, 178, 220. A. von Hum- 

 boldt's suggestion that Bockh should 

 deliver the address in honour of 

 William von Humboldt, 190. Per- 

 forms his work with ability, 193. 

 Ever ready to lend his vote for the 

 Order of Merit, 287. Letters from 

 Humboldt to, 292, 293, 357, 383, 384, 

 385. The most frequently appealed 

 to of philological authorities, 362. 

 His congratulatory letters to Hum- 

 boldt, 389 



Bode, his knowledge, ii. 92. 



Bogoslowsk, gold mines of, i. 378 



Bogota, Santa Fe de, altitude of, i. 

 298. Road from Honda to, 299, note. 

 The Llanuro de Bogota, 299. Hum- 

 boldt's reception at, 299. Hum- 

 boldt's paper Upon the Table-land 

 of,' ii. 225 



Bohemia, southern part of, i. 218 



Bolivar, his correspondence with Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 149 



Bombax ceiba, a large specimen of the, 

 i. 269 



Bonaparte, General, his progress in 

 Italy, i. 156. See Napoleon 



Bonpland, Aime, Humboldt's letter to, 



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