INDEX 



341 



Howick, Lord (Earl Grey), 208 

 Hudson, William, botanist, 13, 225 

 Hudson's Bay, transit of Venus 



observed there, 15 

 Hudson's Bay Company, 35 

 Hugessen, Win. W, 62 

 Humboldt, von, Alexander, 242 

 Hume, David, 162 

 Humours of success in life, 172 et 



seq. 



Hunt, , 98 



Hunter, Captain John, 218, 222 

 Hunter, Dr. Alexander, 39, 314 

 Hunter, John, 66 

 Hussey, Rev. T. J., 175 

 Husson : eau mtdicinale, 281 

 Hutton, Dr. Charles, 74, 75, 77, 



78, 79 



Hutton, Dr. James, geologist, 36 

 Hyde Park skating, 117; driving, 



324 

 Hyder Ali, 117 



Iceland, 32 et seq., 68, 181, 244, 



294, 295. 324 

 Indian Serpents, 120 ; cement 



for mending noses, 158 

 Institut National, 207-8, 210, 212 

 Islip, Oxfordshire, 302 

 Italy, 197, 198 



Jamaica, 96, 122, 123, 124, 136, 

 137. 138, 177 n 



Japan, 140 



Jardin des Plantes, 207 



Java, 20, 129, 192, 273, 274, 296 



Jeffries, J., American balloonist, 71 



" Jemmy Twitcher," 23 



Jodrell, P., 77 



Joe Miller, quoted, 297 



Johnson, Henry, inventor of 

 Logography, 165, 166 



Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 37, 41, 65, 



160 



ohnston, Major George, 223 

 ohnstone, Cochrane, 106, 107 

 ones, Dr. H. Bence, 258 n 

 orgensen, J., 230 n, 251-4 

 ussieu, Antoine L., 82, 197 



K 



Kaempfer, Ingelbert, xi 



Kaffir country, 97 



Kamtchatka, 50, 146 



Kangooroo, the, 18 



Kaye, Richard, Dean of Lincoln, 



10, 12 



Kendall, Rev. Thomas, 142 

 Kerr, William, botanist, 266, 268, 



269, 282, 302, 318 

 Kew Gardens, 92, 93-6, 98, 102, 



145, 154, 209, 217, 225, 229, 



235, 266, 274, 275, 297-9, 319 

 Kew Herbarium, 227, 296, 298, 



299 



Kew Palace, 21, 103, 105 

 King, Captain Philip G., 218, 228 



234. 238 



King, Captain James, 51, 184 

 King, Philip Parker, 277 n 

 Kingston, Jamaica, 122 

 Kingston, St. Vincent, W.I., 121 

 Kingston Lacy, Dorset, 13 

 Kippis, Dr. Andrew, 80 

 Kirkleatham, Yorkshire, 48 

 Kirkstead, Lines, 3 

 Kitson, Arthur, quoted, 24, 40 

 Knight, Richard Payne, 38, 173, 



262, 319 



Knight, Thomas Andrew, horti- 

 culturist, 260, 261, 282, 319, 



320 

 Konig, John Gerard, botanist, 



114, 115, 116, 118, 119 

 Konigsberg, 146 

 Kyd, Colonel Robert, 113, 115 



de La BillardieTe, J. J., 192-7, 212 

 Labrador, 10-12, 34, 35 

 Lamb, Charles, 269 

 Lambourn, Essex, 43 n 

 Lampooning in fashion, 175 

 Lanarkshire, 93 



Lance, David, 266, 267, 268, 271 

 de La Perouse, P. P., circumnavi- 

 gator, 192, 216 

 Laplanders, 244 

 Latham, Dr. John, 283 

 Laugarvatn, Iceland, 33 

 Lauragais, B., 28 



