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six hours' sleep, 220 ; in India, 239, 

 260, 323, cp. ii. 198, 357, 461, 466 



Sources of general knowledge, 24, 

 36 ; schooldays, 22-4 ; college, 24-9, 

 31, M.D. 38 sq. ; gains from Latin, 

 but not from Moral Philosophy, 22 ; 

 prizes, 28 ; early work in botany, 

 22, 24, 25 bis, 32, a slight on which 

 he resents, 35, and entomology, 24, 

 25 bis, 26 ; tastes and acquire- 

 ments, 28 sq. ; love of history, 

 ib. ; public speaking, hindrance to, 

 29 sq., 194, ii. 309; early critical 

 herbarium work, 30, 40 ; religious 

 observance, 33, 46, 106; first 

 attendance at Brit. Assoc, New- 

 castle, 34-6 ; is careful about 

 money, 27, 32, 33 ; unique bota- 

 nical training, 37 ; aided by his 

 father's position, ib., 40, 68, 220 



Antarctic Expedition : medical 

 service necessary, 38, though little 

 required, 45, 57, and disliked by 

 H., ii. 439, 457; appointment, 

 i. 41-4 sq. ; equipment, 45-8 ; 

 his father's gifts, esp. a watch, 

 46-7 ; activity as naturalist, 55 sq., 

 68 sq. ; zoological work in the 

 intervals of botany, 55-60, esp. 

 on the Diatoms, 58 sq. ; dis- 

 couraged by his father, 63, 161, 

 262; temporary only, 60, 114, 

 161, 262 ; drawing, scientific and 

 artistic, under difficulties at sea 

 (see Drawing) ; collections, early, 

 60, 64, 72 ; later improve, 65, 139 ; 

 suggest generalisations, see under 

 Collections ; his opportunities and 

 advice from his father, 64 sq. ; 

 his natural seriousness, 53, 106, 

 107, 120, 161 ; needless warnings, 

 53, 106 ; friendship with fellow 

 officers, 67 sq., 92 sq., and with 

 Ross, 68 sq. ; reads ' Voyage of 

 the Beagle ' in proof, 66 and note, 

 136 ; visualising power in making 

 comparisons, 67, 87, 90, 93 ; en- 

 thusiastic imagination, 74 ; home 

 ties, 74, 156 ; home-like friendships, 

 107 ; happiness, independent of 

 circumstance, 79, 94, lies in work, 

 157 ; no tedium for a naturalist at 

 sea, 73 ; modest ambitions, 72, 

 79, 83, 113, 114, 143, 164-6 



Antarctic work, limits of, 82, 85 ; 

 is critical of systems, 84, 132 ; 



ignorant of tropical plants, 85 ; 

 Antarctic Journal, 86, s.v. Journal ; 

 and letters, 87 ; contributions to 

 Ross' 'Voyage,' 86 n., 139, 173; 

 the Scottish Highlands, a standard 

 of beauty, 87, 90, 93, 94, 135; 

 at Madeira 87 sq., Teneriffe, 91, 

 Cape Verde I., 91 sq., St. Paul's I., 

 95, Trinidad, 95 sq., St. Helena, 



96 sq., Cape Town, 99, Kerguelen 

 I., 99 sq. ; interest in economic 

 botany, 88, and ideas on gardening, 



97 ; return for hospitality,* 93 ; 

 keenness of observation, 97 sq. ; 

 records a practical joke, 104 ; 

 Tasmania, 105, 120, affection for, 

 107 sq., festivities, 119 sq. ; 

 first voyage to the South, 109 sq. ; 

 Sydney, 120-3; New Zealand, 

 124 ; second voyage to the ice, 

 124 sq. ; ideas on the ice, 127 

 sq. ; the Falklands, 127, 128-34 ; 

 general reading, 131, and botanical 

 books, ib. sq. ; grouping of plants, 

 132, theory and practice, ib. ; 

 delight in finding strictly Antarctic 

 Orders, 133 ; in Fuegia, 134 sq. ; 

 third voyage to the ice, 139 sq. ; 

 depression of, to all but Ross and 

 Hooker, 140, 141 ; official secrecy 

 about the voyage, 141, broken by 

 Prince Albert, 142-5 ; preliminary 

 botanical account, 146 ; Cape Town 

 visited, 147-51 



Personal : Limited circle of 

 friends, 143, 154, 156; music and 

 art, 153-4 ; bereavements, 154 sq. ; 

 difficulties in correspondence, 154 

 sq., 157 sq. ; happiness in work, 157 ; 

 community of interest with his 

 father 157, 159, 160-1, 166 ; plans 

 to aid Kew and W. J. H., 159-61, 

 206 ; prospects, afloat or ashore, 

 162 sq. ; ready to become a 

 botanical hermit, ib. ; succession 

 to his father, 166 ; would like 

 further travel, 167 ; work at Kew, 

 169, and on Flora Antarctica, 168- 

 76 ; Govt, aid, 170 ; vicissitudes 

 of, 189, 196, 199, 206 sq., 214; 

 arranging the Herbarium, ' stable 

 occupation,' 170 ; affection for 

 animals, ib. ; received into Linn. 

 Soc, 171 ; rivalry with French 

 Antarctic botanists, 174; good 

 and bad species, 174-5; openings 



