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Rio Negro, i. 281; death of 

 Herbert at Para, i. 282; ex- 

 peditions up the Rio Negro and 

 Uaupes, i. 283; difficulties en- 

 countered, i. 284; specimens col- 

 lected, i. 285 ; impressions of the 

 Amazon, i. 287-289 ; his letter to 

 Dr. Spruce describing his dan- 

 gerous voyage home, i. 303-310; 

 comments on the voyage, i. 311; 

 Senhor Lima described, i. 312; 

 arrival in London, i. 313 ; writ- 

 ing account of travels, i. 314; 

 the umbrella bird, i. 315; map 

 of Uaupes, i. 317; account of 

 Count Stradelli's explorations, 

 i. 318; comparison of maps, i. 

 319; visitor at scientific meet- 

 ings, i. 321 ; publication of 

 " Palms of the Amazon and Rio 

 Negro," 321 ; " Travels on the 

 Amazon and Rio Negro," i. 322 ; 

 helps Dr. Latham on native 

 models for Crystal Palace, i. 

 322; first meeting with Huxley, 

 i. 324; his paper on monkeys to 

 the Zoological Society, i. 324; 

 tour in Switzerland with George 

 Silk, i. 325 ; plans an expedition 

 to the Malay Archipelago, i. 327 ; 

 collector's need of good hand- 

 book, i. 328; granted a passage 

 on the brig Frolic for Singapore, 

 i. 330; after many weeks wait- 

 ing the Frolic goes to the 

 Crimea, and A. R. Wallace re- 

 turns to London, i. 332; obtains 

 ticket by overland route to Sing- 

 apore, i. 332; description of 

 Alexandria, i. 333 ) ride to Suez, 



i- 335 

 The Malay Archipelago, i. 337- 



384- 



life at Singapore, i. 337; goes to 

 Malacca, i. 338 ; returns to Sing- 

 apore, i. 340 ; goes to Sarawak, i. 

 341 ; care of an orphan baby, i. 

 343 ; Sir James Brooke de- 

 scribed, i. 345 ; remarks on the 

 Crimean war, i. 347; at Bukit 



Tima, i. 348; letter to H. W. 

 Bates, i. 349-354 ; article " On 

 the Law which has regulated the 

 Introduction of New Species," 

 i- 355 5 goes to Lambok and 

 Macassar, i. 356; collecting in 

 Aru Islands, i. 357; at Am- 

 boyna, i. 357 ; letters to H. W. 

 Bates on origin of species, i. 

 358; on the origin of species, i. 

 360; residence at Ternate, i. 

 363 ; goes to Batchian, i. 365 ; 

 letter to George Silk, i. 365 ; 

 letter to Thomas Sims, i. 367; 

 goes to Menado, Amboyna, and 

 Ceram, i. 369; voyage back to 

 Ternate, i. 370; letter to George 

 Silk, i. 371 ; letter to Bates, i. 

 373', goes to Timor and Cajeli 

 in Bouru, i. 375 ; Sourabaya, 

 375; Sumatra, i. 376; letter to 

 H. W. Bates, i. 377; letter to 

 George Silk, i. 379; journey 

 home, i. 383 ; back in London, 

 i. 384; at work on collections, 

 i. 385 ; " Narrative of Search 

 after Birds of Paradise," i. 387- 

 394; at work on various papers 

 dealing with birds, etc., of the 

 Malay Archipelago, i. 395 ; on 

 parrots and pigeons, i. 398; on 

 butterflies, i. 400 ; exhibition of 

 birds and butterflies, i. 404 ; at 

 work on " Malay Archipelago," 

 i. 405 ; on natural selection, i. 

 407; presidential address to the 

 Entomological Society, i. 408; 

 home life in London, i. 409; goes 

 to Hurstpierpoint. i. 411; mar- 

 riage to Miss Mitten, i. 412; ex- 

 cursions in Wales and Switzer- 

 land, i. 413; returns to Hurst- 

 pierpont, i. 414; tries for the as- 

 sistant secretaryship of the Royal 

 Geographical Society, i. 415 ; ap- 

 plies for directorship of the 

 Bethnal Green Museum, i. 415; 

 applies for superintendentship 

 of Epping Forest, i. 416; rem- 

 iniscences of Sir Charles Lyell, 



