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INDEX. 



QMS 



of Humboldt's works, il. 14. Bio- 

 graphical sketch of him, 22. His 

 death, 23. His eminence, 92 

 Omsk, i. 378, 379 



Ordaz, Diego, in the crater of Popo- 

 catepetl, i. 334 



* Order of Merit,' foundation of, by the 

 King of Prussia, ii. 282, 283. Hum- 

 boldt Chancellor of the, 282. History 

 of the Order, 284, note 

 Orelly, Count, at Havana, i. 290 

 Orenburg, Humboldt at, i. 379 

 Orinoco, Upper, expedition of Solano 

 to, i. 254. First sight of the, 266. 

 Humboldt's expedition to the, 275. 

 Outline of the expedition, 275. Bifur- 

 cation of the, 276 

 Orizaba, measurements of the volcano of, 



i. 335 

 Orleans, Duke of, his visit to Berlin, ii. 



171. His death, 174 

 . Orotava, Humboldt at, i. 260, 262. The 

 great dragon tree at, 262. Beauty of 

 the place, 262 



Orsk, quarries of green jasper at, i. 379 

 Ortega, Don Casimir, his kindness to A. 



von Humboldt, i. 246 

 Osiander, his lectures at Gottingen, i. 72 

 Otoba of South America, i. 298 

 Ottilie, her remarks on A. von Hum- 

 boldt's 'Fragmens,' i. 174 

 Otto, translator and editor of Buffon's 

 works on natural history, i. 45 



PALMA, island of, i. 261 

 Palms, cocoa-nut, at Cumana, i. 265 



Papagayo, valley of, i. 328 



Paramos of Pasto, i. 303 



Parina, determination of the position of, 

 i. 325 



Paris, state of science in, at the end of 

 the last century, i. 232. Becomes the 

 high school for the exact and natural 

 sciences, 342. State of, under the 

 first Empire, ii. 3. Humboldt there, 

 4, 5. The Imperial Court, 4. Hum- 

 boldt's friends and coadjutors at, 22. 

 The Eussians in, in 1813, 67. Hum- 

 boldt bids adieu to, 70. His change 

 of residence from Paris to Berlin, 78. 

 Retrograde movement set in at Paris, 

 80. More eminent in men of Euro- 

 pean reputation than Berlin, 92. 

 Humboldt allowed to spend four 

 months of the year in, 98. Holtei's 

 remarks on the residence of Hum- 

 boldt in Paris, 100. Humboldt's 

 lectures in, 111. Fortification of, 



PLA 



176. Fierce contention among the 

 members of the Institute, 179. Gene- 

 ral character of Humboldt's sojourn 

 there, 181 



Parrot, his journey to Ararat, i. 377 

 Passalacqua, collection of, ii. 104 

 Pasto, volcano of, visit to, i. 303. Road 



to, 303. Solfataras near, 303 

 Patia, valley of, i. 303 

 Patzcuaro, i. 330 



Pelado, determination of the exact posi- 

 tion of, i. 325 

 Pepin, his death, i. 112 

 Perm, i. 377 

 Perier, Casimir, his impetuous conduct, 



ii. 167 



Perote, i. 334 

 Peru, work of Don Jorge Juan in, i. 



254 

 Peruvian arches in the Palace of Ata- 



hualpa, i. 324 

 civilisation, evidences of ancient, 



i. 286 



Petersburg, St., Humboldt's return to, i. 

 379. Humboldt's address to the 

 Academy of, ii. 152' 

 Pfaff, Johann Friedrich, professor at 

 the University of Gottingen, i. 65. 

 Letter from Professor Fischer to, 38, 

 65. Letter from Hiimboldt to, 66 

 Philology, lectures on historical, by 

 Hase, Champollion, and Letronne, ii. 

 178 

 Philosophical Society, formation of the, 



i. 78, 79 



Physical geography, Humboldt's lec- 

 tures on, ii. 112-115 

 Physics, science of, or Cosmology, ii. 



307 



Pichincha, ascent of the mountain of, 

 i. 305-307, 316. Minerals from, 350. 

 Description of the volcano of, ii. 

 373 



Pictet, Marc- Aug., i. 345. Humboldt 

 co-operates with, 345. Humboldt's 

 letter to, ii. 5, 6. Account of him, 

 28 



Pietism, the new, in Prussia, ii. 154. 

 Its undisputed sway, 154. Pietism 

 of the Court and of official life, 

 263 



Piety, orthodox, remarks on, ii. 188 

 Pirn, Bedford, studies Humboldt's 



works of a Polar night, ii. 391 

 Pimichin, Monte, serpents of, i. 276 

 Pischminsk, i. 378 



Plank, his disquisitions at the Univer- 

 sity of Gottingen, i. 75 

 'Plantse JEquinoctiales ' published, i. 

 354 



