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INDEX. 



SEM 



Semipolatinsk, i. 379 



Senebier, Jean, i. 345 



' SeVigne, le menuet de Madame de,' ii. 

 226 



Shamo, plateau of, i. 367 



Sherer, made Counsellor of Mines in 

 Weimar, i. 207 



Sienega, valley of, i. 310 



Sievert, goes to Arzberg as foreman, i. 

 136 



Silberschlag, Johann Esaias, his lectures 

 on the sun at the Academy of Sciences, 

 i. 39. His theory of the sun, 39 



Silkworms, culture of, at Tegel, at- 

 tempted, i. 12, 13 



Sirius, the four etymologies of, ii. 362 



Sinoq, canal through the mountain of, 

 i. 330 



Slatoust, i. 379 



Slavery in the United States, i. 337. 

 Abolition of, desired by Humboldt, 

 ii. 249. Abolished in Prussia, 255 



Snake Mountains, silver mines of, i. 

 378 



Sommering, letter from Humboldt to, 

 i. 102. Humboldt's testimony to, ii. 

 133 



Soimonowski, i. 379 



Solano, his unfortunate expedition to 

 the Upper Orinoco and the Rio Meta, 

 i. 254 



Sonnen schmidt, Herr, his ascent of 

 Popocatepetl, i. 334 



Sophocles, reproduction of the tragedies 

 , of, ii. 273 



Southern Cross, first sight of, i. 266 



Spain, in April, i. 240. Industry of the 

 people of, 241. Humboldt's observa- 

 tions in, 244. The government of, 

 254 



Spaniards, extravagant prejudices 

 against, i. 287. Humboldt's charac- 

 ter of, 287 



Speckter, Otto, his illustrations of 

 Hey's fables, i. 96 



Spectrum analysis, discoveries of, ii. 

 359 



Spirit-rappings, ii. 371 



Spittler, his lectures at the University 

 of Grottingen, i. 75 



Sponge, A. von Humboldt's investiga- 

 tion of the absorptive properties of, 

 i. 132 



Spontini, his music, at Berlin, ii. 82 

 Stael, August e de, ii. 6 

 Stael, Madame de, at variance with the 

 Emperor Napoleon, ii. 51. Hum- 

 boldt's annoyance at being associated 

 with her, 51 

 Stagemann, ii. 83 



TEL 



Stapfer, Herr, Swiss Ambassador at 

 Paris, ii. 43 



Steben, A. von Humboldt's establish- 

 ment of a free school for miners at, 

 i. 135. The first master, Sporl, 135. 

 Humboldt's remarks upon it, 136. 

 Works at, 138 



Steffens, his lectures at Berlin, ii. 109 



Stein, Baron von, his anecdote of the 

 Count von Hagen, i. 119. His 

 ignorance of Goethe's writings, 119. 

 Humboldt's letter from Paris to, re- 

 specting the painter Karl von Steu- 

 ben, ii. 65 



Steiner, his distinction, ii. 92 



Steuben, Karl von, a German painter,. 

 Humboldt's kindness to, ii. 64. His 

 portrait of Humboldt, 64. His copy 

 of La Belle Ferronniere, 64. Sup- 

 ports his widowed mother, 64. Hum- 

 boldt's letter to Von Stein respecting,. 

 65 



St.-Hilaire, Geoffrey de, at Paris, i. 233. 

 Account of him, ii. 34 



St. Simon, Count de, at the University 

 of Gottingen, i. 70 



Sthenical treatment at Vienna, i. 220 



Stolberg, Christian, his friendship with 

 Humboldt, i. 99 



Stolberg, Count, Humboldt's letter to,- 

 respecting the Jews, ii. 249 



Stollberg, the younger, his learning, 

 i. 74 



Strauss, David, outcry from Zurich 

 against the appointment of, ii. 229 



Streckfuss, his writings, ii. 83 



Sucho-Wissim, platinum fields of, i. 

 378 



Sun, worship of the, by the Peruvians, 

 i. 321. Lectures of Silberschlag on 

 the, i. 39 



rp ABLE-TURNING, ii. 371 



JL Tara, i. 378 



Tarragona, ruins of, i. 241 



Tasco, high plain of, i. 329. Silver 

 mines of, 329 



Taylor, Bayard, his account of a visit 

 to Humboldt, ii. 375 



Tegel, country house of the Humboldts 

 at, i. 12. Account of, 12. Condi- 

 tions under which the place was 

 held, 13. Guests at, 13. Goethe 

 there, 13. Subsequently occupied 

 by William von Humboldt, 14. 

 William von Humboldt at, ii. 70. 

 Decorated elegantly by Schinkel, 97 



Tehuilotepec, high plain of, i. 329 



Telescope, improvements in the astro- 



