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INDEX. 



REI 



Reiss, the Jewish physicist, election of, 

 to the Academy, ii. 250 



Reitemeier, his work on the ' Mines and 

 Smelting "Works of the Ancients,' i. 

 53. His ' Analecta ad Historiam Rei 

 Metall. Veterum,' 53. His other 

 works, 54 



Rennenkampff, Baron von, letter from 

 Humboldt to, i. 366-369 



Requena, wanderings of, i. 255 



Reuss, Count, his interest in the leasing 

 of the sale of tobacco, i. 9. 



Revolution, the awful monster of, ii. 

 159, 160. That of July, 1830, and 

 its effects in Germany, 161. Of 

 1848, 173, 239 



Rheden, Count, A. von Humboldt's visit 

 to, at Breslau, i. 130. His estate near 

 the Schneekoppe, 131 



Rheinsberg, porcelain manufactory of, 

 i. 123 



Rhodonit, quarries of, i. 378 



Riddersk, silver mines of, i. 378 



Riegelsdorf, petrifaction in the slate 

 beds at, i. 104 



Ringenwalde, estate of the Humboldts 

 at, i. 10. Estate of, 216, 217 



: Riobambo, A. von Humboldt at, i. 

 320 



Hitter, Carl, his opinion of Paris, ii. 80. 

 His eminence in the field of geogra- 

 phy, 91. His remarks respecting 

 Humboldt, 107. His letter to his 

 wife, 165. Alluded to by Humboldt, 

 114. Designated by Humboldt as 

 ' my distinguished and highly valued 

 friend,' 213. Ritter's work on Asia, 

 213. Humboldt's letter to, 212. In- 

 fluence exerted by HiTmboldt upon, 

 213. Ritter's address, 214. En- 

 thusiastic address of, to Humboldt, 

 383. Begs for a couple of lines for 

 America, 391 



Robert, Herr Moritz, i. 360 



Robrero, the astronomer, i. 290 



Rochefoucauld, La, his death, i. 232 



Rochow, General von, his letter to Von 

 Nagler about Humboldt, ii. 163. His 

 opinions on the threatening aspects 

 of the times, 170 



Rodriguez, the fair, her account of 

 Humboldt, i. 333. Her beauty, 333 



Romanzow, Count, his high apprecia- 

 tion of Humboldt, i. 366 



Roquette, De la, Humboldt's remarks to, 

 ii. 99 



Rose, Gustav, accompanies Humboldt 

 to the Ural Mountains, i, 376. Edits 

 the ' Journey to the Caspian Sea and 

 the Mountains of the Ural and the 



SCH 



Altai,' 388. His distinction, ii. 92. 

 Humboldt's questions to, 363 



Rose, Heinrich, his knowledge of che- 

 mistry, ii. 92 



Ross, Sir James, his Antarctic expedi- 

 tion, ii. 197 



Rousseau, J. J., the education described 

 in his ' Emile,' i. 16 



Royal letters to Humboldt, ii. 392 



Royal Society, Humboldt's letter to, 

 respecting magnetic stations, ii.- 201 



Rublowskoi, platinum fields of, i. 378 



Riickert, endeavour of Humboldt to se- 

 cure an appointment for, ii. 273 



Rudolphi, his researches in comparative 

 anatomy, ii. 92 



Russia, expedition of, to Kashgar and 

 Thibet, i. 365 



SABINE, his labours, ii. 197 

 Sabine, Lady, her English transla- 

 tion of ' Cosmos,' ii. 336 



Sack, his sermons at Berlin, i. 37 



Sacszollo, his portrait of A. von Hum- 

 boldt, i. 376, 377 



Sacy, Sylvestre de, his Oriental scholar- 

 ship, i. 372 



Sagan, Duchess von, writes to Hum- 

 boldt on the affairs of France, ii. 173. 

 Who really understood the Princess 

 of Prussia, 347. Enthusiastic ad- 

 miration for Humboldt, 402 



Sagentum, remains at, i. 241 



Saint-Hilaire, Geoffrey (Etienne), the 

 elder, notice of him, ii. 34. His 

 friendship with Humboldt, 35. 



Saint-Hilaire, Isidore Geoffrey (son of 

 the last), notice of him, ii. 36 



Salamanca, in Mexico, i. 330 



Sans souci, residence of Frederick Wil- 

 liam IV. at, ii. 235. French of, 

 227. Humboldt at, 228 



Santa- Anna, visit to Bonpland at, i. 409 



Santiago, valley of, i. 330 



Saratow, Germans at, i. 379 



Sardinia, its botanical treasures, i. 239 



Sarepta, Moravian settlement of, i. 379 



Saron, Bochart von, falls a victim to 

 the Reign of Terror, i. 232 



Saussure, Horace Benedict de, i. 345 



Sauzau, Count, his friendship with A. 

 von Humboldt, i. 220 



Savigny, his study of jurisprudence, ii. 

 91. His view of lectures to the 

 uninitiated, 124 



Saxony, troops of, respected by the 

 French, i. 155. Their pleasure at 

 Hardenberg's behaviour, 155 



Schabrowski, gold washings of, i. 378 



