CONTENTS 



THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



I. MY ANCESTORS AND PARENTS 3 



IE. RECOLLECTIONS or CHILDHOOD ...... 26 



III. MY DESULTORY EDUCATION 49 



IV. FIRST VISITS FROM HOME 66 



V. SOME KENTUCKY MAGNATES 71 



VI. POLITICAL CLOUDS GATHER 82 



VII. I BECOME AGASSIZ'S PUPIL AT HARVARD . . . .90 



VIII. SOME COLLEGE COMPANIONS 118 



IX. CRUISING AND CAMPING 130 



X. AN EXPEDITION TO THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE . . 139 



XI. ANTICOSTI AND LABRADOR 150 



XII. THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR 170 



XIII. MY LAST YEAR AT HARVARD 179 



XIV. CAMBRIDGE AND BOSTON CELEBRITIES . . . . 193 

 XV. OFF TO THE WAR 207 



THE MEMOIR 



FOREWORD. 1859-1862 ...... .215 



XVI. THE WAR. 1862-1867 . ' .219 



XVII. WALKS AND TALKS ABROAD. 1866-1868 . . . .228 



XVIII. TEACHING AND EXPLORING. 1869-1873 . . . .247 



XIX. ENGLAND. 1872-1873 265 



XX. FIELD WORK. 1873-1879 . 270 



