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INDEX. 



BOP 



i. 132, note. Selected by Humboldt 

 to accompany him to Egypt, 237, 

 240. At Cumana, 265. At Caracas, 

 272. His illness, 278. His ability 

 and faithfulness, 279. Humboldt's 

 character of him, 287. Again at- 

 tacked by illness, 300. At Vera 

 Cruz and Havana, 335. In Phila- 

 delphia, 335. Treatment of, by the 

 Emperor Napoleon, 344. Account 

 of him, 397, 404. His correspon- 

 dence with Humboldt, 402. Visit 

 to him at Santa- Anna, 409-412. His 

 letter to Humboldt on the death of 

 his brother, ii. 197. His death, i. 412 



Bopp, as a philologist, ii. 91 



Borda, at Paris, i. 233 



Botany, Humboldt's study of, i. 55-57. 

 His letter to Wegener on the subject, 

 55-5?. Study of, of the Grand Duke 

 Karl August, 206. 



Bothlingk, intends to go with Hum- 

 boldt to the West Indies, i. 219. 

 His income, 219 



Bougainville, and his son, i. 232, 236. 

 Projects another voyage round the 

 world, 235. Superseded by the 

 Directory, who appoint Captain 

 Baudin to the command, 236 



Boulton's steam-engine, vindication of 

 theoretical mechanics in, i. 66 



Boussingault, Humboldt's deference to, 

 ii. 224. His explanation of a won- 

 derful faculty in Humboldt, 260 



Boyen, retires from the service of the 

 State, ii. 81 



Bradley, discoverer of nutation and 

 aberration of light, i. 233 



Brandes, Ernest, appointed referee on 

 the affairs of the University of Got- 

 tingen, i. 71 



Brandes, Karl, assists in editing Wil- 

 liam von Humboldt's ' Collected 

 Works,' ii. 195. His remarks upon 

 ' Cosmos,' 370 



Breslau compared with the Berlin of 

 the last generation, ii. 80. Hum- 

 boldt's visit to, i. 131 



Briest, Fraulein von, afterwards Frau 

 von Eochow, a disciple of Lessing 

 and Kant, i. 40 



Brinckmann, Gustav von, his warm 

 praise of the ' Genius of Rhodes ' in 

 'Die Horen,' i. 187 



Bristol, Lord, Bishop of Derry, proposes 

 to accompany Humboldt to Upper 

 Egypt, i. 225. Makes the acquain- 

 tance of the archaeologist Hirt, 225. 

 His letters, 225, note. His prepara- 

 tions for the journey, 225, note ; 227. 



BYE 



Humboldt's account of him, 225, 226. 

 Arrested in Milan, 231 



Broglie, Count de, at the University of 

 Gottingen, i. 70 



Broglie, Duchess de, ii. 169 



Brongniart, Alexander, at Paris, i. 233. 

 Notice of him and of his friendship 

 with Humboldt, ii. 36 



Brown, Dr., munificence of the King 

 (Frederick William II.) to, i. 61, 

 note 



Bruckberg, Humboldt's report on the 

 porcelain manufactory at, i. 125. 

 His inspection of the works at, 127 



Brugsch, his expedition to Egypt, ii. 

 275. The expenses furnished by the 

 king, 275 



Briihl, Count, appointed Director-Gene- 

 ral of the Museum, ii. 158 



Buch, Leopold von, at Kome, i. 352. 

 Goes to see an eruption of Vesuvius, 

 352. At Vienna, 222. Humboldt's 

 description of him, 222. Goes with 

 Humboldt to Salzburg, 223. Founder 

 of a new system of geology, ii. 92. 

 Treasure from, 367. His remarks 

 upon ' Cosmos,' 370. His enthusiasm 

 for Humboldt, 383 



Buchanan, Mr., a candidate for the pre- 

 sidency of America, ii. 253. Suc- 

 ceeds, 254 



Buchtarminsk, i. 378 



Bugeaud, General, his monstrous pro- 

 clamation, ii. 168 



Bulgari, Tartar ruins of, i. 377 



Biilow, Baron von, ambassador at the 

 Court of St. James's, ii. 70. His wife, 

 70. Sent as ambassador to London, 

 96. Remarks of Kamptz and the 

 Countess Goltz on the appointment, 

 96. His retirement from office, 264. 

 His death, ii. 398. Frau von, her me- 

 lancholy fate, ii. 400 



Bunsen, Baron, Humboldt's letter to, 

 ii. 70. Humboldt appointed to act 

 as cicerone to, in Berlin, 106. Hum- 

 boldt's letter to, 244. Warmly 

 seconds Humboldt, 272. Persuaded 

 by Humboldt to dedicate his work to 

 the King, 275. Arranges the expedi- 

 tion of Brugsch to Egypt, 275 



Burckhardt, proposal to, i. 230 



Biisch, A. von Humboldt introduced to, 

 i. 96. His School of Commerce at 

 Hamburg, 96, 97 



Buschmann, Eduard, notice of, ii. 193. 

 His index to ' Cosmos,' ii. 360 



Buttmann, as a philologist, ii. 91 



Byron, Lord, Goethe's criticism on, ii. 

 323. 



