INDEX. 



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nomical, i. 234. Purchase of Fraun- 

 hofer's, at Munich, ii. 104 



'Temi, the small river, i. 275 



Tempelhof studied by A. von Hum- 

 boldt, i. 66 



Tencriffe, Peak of, i. 260. Humboldt's 

 excursion up the, 261. View from 

 the, 261. Observations on the, 261 



Teplitz, baths of, ii. 106. Humboldt's 

 remarks on the King's visits to, 229 



Tequendama, magnificent waterfall of, 

 i. 300 



Tequos, Los, mountains of, i. 273 



Thenard, Louis-Jacques, notice of him, 

 ii. 31 



Thibet, Russian expedition to, i. 365 



Thiers, M., his friendship with Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 166. His letter to Hum- 

 boldt, 390 



Thile, Von, Minister of Finance, his 

 invitations, ii. 263. Humboldt's re- 

 marks respecting him, 279 



Thorwaldsen, his design for Humboldt's 

 ' Thoughts upon the Geographical 

 Distribution of Plants,' &c., i. 175 



'Thrasher, his translation of Humboldt's 

 ' Essai politique,' and his mutilations, 

 ii. 252. Humboldt's opinion of the 

 same, 253 



Tieck, welcomed by Humboldt as a 

 source of intellectual stimulus to 

 the Court, ii. 273. Humboldt's letter 

 to, 364. Tieck's vanity, 365 



Tilsit, Peace of, i. 9, 363 



Tioumen, i. 378 



Tiscan, sulphur mines of, i. 322 



Tischinskaya, i. 379 



Tlascala, plains of, i. 334 



Tobacco, leasing the sale of, i. 9 



Tobol, Cossack line of, i. 379 



Tobolsk, i. 367. Humboldt at, 378 



Tofalla, at Guayaquil, his assiduity, i. 



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Toluca, plateau of, i. 331. Ascent of 



the volcano of, 331 

 Tomependa, longitude of, i. 323 

 Topaz, Imperial Russian laboratories 



for cutting the, i. 378 

 Tornesi, Counsellor of the Upper Court 



of Mines, i. 134 

 Toula, i. 379 

 Toulon, visit to, i. 238 

 Travel, a new era of scientific, i. 85' 

 Trinchera, hot springs of, i. 273 

 Truxillo, Humboldt at, i. 324 

 Tuamini, the small river, i. 275 

 Tui, rich valley of, i. 272 

 Tunguragua, ascent of, i. 311 

 Tupayupangi, the Inca, his conquest 



of Quito, i. 320 



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Tuqueres, environs of, i. 303 

 Turbaco, volcano at, i. 295 



UHLAND, Dr. Ludwig, proposed as 

 a successful German antiquary 

 for the Order of Merit, ii. 288. Re- 

 fuses to accept the Order, 289, 291, 

 293. Humboldt's letter respecting 

 him, 290. Humboldt's letter to him 

 urging his acceptance, 291 



Ulloa, Antonio, his work in Spanish 

 America, i. 254 



Unkel, basalts at, Humboldt's paper on, 

 i. 80. Humboldt's work on the 

 Basalts of, 81, 82 



' Upas, sur le Bohun, par un jeune 

 Gentilhomme de Berlin,' A. von 

 Humboldt's anonymous treatise on, 

 i. 58 



Ural Mountains, quantity of platinum 

 discovered in the, i. 373. Notion of 

 coining it, 373. Imperial laboratories 

 for cutting the topaz, beryl, and 

 amethyst, 378. Quarries and furnaces 

 of the, 378. Humboldt's prophecy 

 as to the discovery of diamonds in 

 the, 384 



Urlask, i. 379 



Urquijo, Don Mariano Luis de, his 

 kindness to Humboldt, i. 245 



Urquinaona, M., accompanies A. von 

 Humboldt in Quito, i. 307 



YAHL, the Swedish botanist, names 

 an Indian laurel in honour of 



Humboldt, i. 137 

 Valencia, lake of, i. 273, 275 

 Valenciennes, Achilles, biographical 



sketch of, ii. 24-26. Writes to 



Humboldt about his bust at the 



Institute, 386 

 Valladolid, in Mexico, i. 330. The 



capital of Michoacan, 330 

 Varnhagen, his writings, ii. 83 

 Vauquelin, Nicholas-Louis, notice of 



him, ii. 33 

 Vegetables, cause of the shades of 



green in, i. Ill 

 Veit, makes the acquaintance of the Von 



Humboldts, i. 41 

 Veltheim, Herr, i. 137 

 Vera Cruz, Humboldt at, i. 335. Har- 

 bour of, 335 



Verona, Congress of, ii. 69 

 Vesuvius, eruption of, i. 352. Hwn- 



boldt's ascents of, ii. 69 

 Vienna, the brothers Von Humboldt at, 



i. 218. A. von Humboldt's account 



