INDEX 



279 



Curlew, European, 10T ; notes of, 

 141. 



Daffodils, 165, 172. 



Daisy, English, 52, 159, 1GO, 1%. 



Daisy, ox-eye, 160, 165, 196. 



Dalibarda, 164. 



Dandelion, 16, 165. 



Danton, Georges Jacques, 229. 



Darwiu, Charles, 31, 32. 



Dead-nettle, 161. 



Democracy, Carlyle's opinion of, 



232-251. 



De Quincey, Thomas, 230. 

 Desinoulins, Camille, 229. 

 Devil's Punch-Bowl, the, 88. 

 Dicentra, 33, 164, 172. 

 Dickens, Charles, 231. 

 Dock, sorrel (Rumex acetosa), 170. 

 Docks, 171. 



ilphins, 274, 275. 



Doon, the, 46, 132, 134, 161, 162. 

 Dover, the cliffs of, 13, 14. 

 Ducks, wild, 186. 



Eagle, 187, 188. 



Earthworm, as a cultivator of the 

 soil, 31, 32. 



Easing, 94, 103. 



Ecclefechan, 39 ; the journey from 

 Edinburgh to, 49-55 ; in the vil- 

 lage and churchyard of, 55-58, 61- 

 64 ; birds'-nesting boys of, 64-66 ; 

 walks about, 67-72; the "dog- 

 fight," 67. 



Edinburgh, 48, 49, 178. 



Edward, Thomas, 187, 188. 



Elder, English, 10. 



Elecampane, 171. 



Elm, English, 19, 97. 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, as a poet of 

 the woods, 43, 44; quotations 

 from, 43, 44, 102, 176, 210, 213, 

 214, 218, 221 ; 53 ; his friendship 

 with Carlyle, 203, 204 ; compared 

 and contrasted with Carlyle, 203- 

 210, 212 ; his correspondence 

 with Carlyle, 203, 204, 208-210 ; 



England, tour in, 9 ; walks in, 9-20 ; 

 the green turf of, 20-23, 29, 31, 

 32 ; building-stone of, 26 ; human- 

 ization of nature in, 27, 28; re- 

 pose of the landscape in, 29-34 ; 

 foliage in, 29-31 ; cultivated fields 

 of, 32, 33; grazing in, 33; the 

 climate as a promoter of green- 

 ness, 33, 34 ; pastoral beauty of, 

 35, 36 ; lack of wild and aborigi- 



nal beauty in, 36, 37 ; no rocks 

 worth mentioning in, 37 ; woods 

 in, 38-43; plowing in, 53, 54; 

 country houses and village houses 

 in, 62, 63 ; haying in, 80, 108, 109, 

 153 ; a farm and a farmer in the 

 south of, 77, SO, 81 ; sunken roads 

 of, 94, 95 ; inns of, 96, 97, 100- 

 103; sturdiuess and picturesque- 

 ness of the trees in, 97 ; commons 

 in, 104 ; weather of, 106, 107 ; the 

 bird-songs of, compared with 

 those of New York and New Eng- 

 land, 113-129; impressions of 

 some birds of, 131-145; stillness 

 at twilight in, 194, 195. See Great 

 Britain. 



English, the, contrasted with the 

 Scotch, 45 ; a prolific people, 176- 



Europe, animals and plants of, 

 more versatile and dominating 

 than those of America, 184-186. 



Farming in the south of England, 



80,81. 



Fells, in the north of England, 158. 

 Fern, maiden-hair, 173. 

 Fieldfare, 186. 

 Finch, purple (Carpodacux purpu- 



reus), song of, 118, 120, 123, 129. 

 Finches, songs of, 122, 123. 

 Fir, Scotch, 39. 

 Flicker. See High-hole. 

 Flowers, wild, American more shy 

 and retiring than British, 163, 164, 

 196 ; species fewer but individuals 

 more abundant in Great Britain 

 than in America, 165 ; effect of 

 latitude on the size and color of, 

 168 ; effect of proximity to the 

 sea on, 168, 169 ; British lessbeau- 

 i tif ul but more abundant and no- 

 i ticeable than American, 172, 173 ; 

 i British and American sweet-scent- 

 ed, 173; abundance of British, 

 I 196. 



Flycatcher, British, 121, 189. 

 : Flycatcher, great crested (Myiar- 

 \ chus crinitu*); notes of, 118, 121. 

 I Flycatcher, little green or green- 

 : crested (Empidonax virescens), 

 : notes of, 121. 



Fog, at sea, 271, 272. 

 ; Foliage, in England and America, 



29-31. See Trees. 

 Footpath, an English, 89, 90. 

 Forget-me-not, 196. 

 i Fox, European red, 187, 188. 

 Foxglove, 90, 133, 148, 165 ; a beau- 



