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INDEX. 



JEW 



Jews, emancipation of, desired by Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 249 



Jomard, the geographer and Egyptian 

 antiquary, his friendship with Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 54 



Joi-ullo, plains of, i. 330. Ascent of 

 the peak of, and descent into the 

 crater of, 330, 331 



Josephine, Empress, her appointment 

 of Bonpland as superintendent of the 

 gardens of Malmaison and Navarre, 

 i. 398. Her divorce and death, 399 



Joseph's Well, at Cairo, temperature of, 

 ii. 54 



Juan, Don Jorge, his calculations as to 

 the height of Madrid above the sea, 

 i. 245. Results of his work in Quito 

 and Peru, 254 



Julien, Stanislas, his valuable notes, ii. 

 211 



Julusuito, basaltic mountain of, i. 302 



Jussieu, Antoine-Laurent, his investi- 

 gations, i. 234. His friendship with 

 Humboldt, ii. 37. Notice of him, 37 



TTALMUCKS, plains of the, i. 379 



J\. Kalywan, Lake of, i. 378 



Kampta, Herr von, at the University of 

 Gottingen, i. 70. His hatred of 

 Humboldt, ii. 102. His uneasiness 

 respecting Oken in Berlin, 1 28. "With 

 whom he walks to table arm in arm, 

 137 



Kamtschatka, volcanoes of, i. 367 



Kant, inculcates his philosophy at K6- 

 nigsberg, i. 35. His philosophy, 76. 

 Object of his philosophy, 200 



Karl August, the Grand Duke, his edu- 

 cation, i. 161. His friendship with 

 Humboldt, 205. His attainments in 

 science, 205, 206. His study of 

 botany, 206. His last days, 208. His 

 death, 208. Entertains Humboldt 

 and Valenciennes at dinner, ii. 99 



Karsten, Humboldt's letter to, i. 349. 

 His eminence in metallurgy, ii. 92 



Kashgar, Russian expedition to, i. 365 



Kastner, his kindness to A. von Hum- 

 boldt, i. 66. His lectures at Got- 

 tingen, 72. His unfortunate delivery, 

 75 



Kessler, Count von, his friendship with 

 W. von Humboldt, i. 215 



Kinkel, his removal from prison, ii. 242, 

 note 



Kirghissia, central horde of, i. 379. 

 Small horde of, 379 



Kirghizes, the, ii. 379. Their cere- 

 monies, 379 



KUS 



Klaproth, the chemist, tests Semler's 

 gold, i. 39 



Klaproth, the sinologist, his authority, 

 371, note. Humboldt's kindness to 

 him, ii. 60. His death, 211 



Klein, Counsellor, his lectures on law 

 and jurisprudence, i. 22. His dila- 

 toriness, 113. 



Klopstock, his love and study of lan- 

 guage, i. 16 



Klotzsch, his lectures, i. 110 



Koblanck, Johann Heinrich Sigismund, 

 becomes tutor to Humboldt, i. 17. 

 Dies as first preacher of the Louisen- 

 kirche in Berlin, 17 



Koch, private secretary to Count von 

 Hoym, i. 134 



Kohler, his lectures, i. 110 



Kohut's ' Alexander von Humboldt und 

 das Judenthum,' ii. 251. Severe 

 criticism of the book, 251, note 



Koller, collection of, ii. 1 04 



Konig, Heinrich, his work ' George 

 Forster at Home and Abroad,' i. 92 



Konigsberg, establishment of the Ob- 

 servatory at, ii. 191. A grant by the 

 King to the, 272 



Koreff, a pension obtained by Hum- 

 boldt for, ii. 102 



Korner, Theodore, takes charge of a 

 box belonging to Humboldt, i, 182. 

 His admiration for his zeal in his 

 scientific studies, 187. His delicacy 

 of feeling respecting Humboldt's 

 character, 189. His confidence in 

 Humboldt's sincere regard for Schil- 

 ler, 200 



Krone's ' Allgemeines teutschee Adels- 

 lexicon,' i. 4 



Krug, his eminence, ii. 91, 92 



Kunth, becomes tutor to the young 

 Humboldts, i. 18. Notice of him, 

 18, 19. Chief services he rendered 

 to the Humboldts, 20. Receives a 

 pension from Frau von Humboldt, 

 33. Friendship and confidence in 

 which he was held, 33, 34. Accom- 

 panies the young men to the Uni- 

 versity of Frankfort-on-the Oder, 44. 

 Letter to, 339. His death, 34 

 Kunth, Karl Sigismund, portrait of, by 

 A. von Humboldt, i. 26. Takes the 

 place of Bonpland, ii. 13. Intro- 

 duced by Humboldt to Pictet, 14. 

 His qualifications as a botanist, 14. 

 Biographical sketch of him, 26. His 

 death, 27 



Kupifer, his expedition to Mount 

 Elbrus and the Caucasus, i. 377, note 

 Kuschwa, i. 378 



