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INDEX 



surveying in Glamorganshire, i. 178 ; 

 lodging at David Rees described, i. 

 179 ; life at Crynant, i. 180 ; account 

 of Mr. Worthington, i. 183-186 ; life 

 at Bryn-coch, i. 183 ; interest in 

 architecture, i. 189 ; interest in 

 astronomy, i. 191 ; study of botany, 

 i. 192-197 ; first literary efforts, 

 botany, i. 199 ; on The Advantages 

 of Varied Knowledge," i. 201-205 ; 

 article on "The South Wales 

 Farmer," i. 207-222 ; death of his 

 father, i, 223 ; on his own character, 

 i. 224 ; on his religious views, i. 226- 



228 ; seeks position as master, i. 



229 ; obtains post at the Collegiate 

 School at Leicester, i. 230 ; interest 

 and experiments in mesmerism, i. 

 232-236 ; first meeting with Henry 

 Walter Bates, i. 237 ; interest in 

 entomology, i. 237 ; prologue written 

 by, i. 238 ; death of his brother 

 William, i, 239 ; leaves school to 

 take up his brother's business at 

 Neath, i. 240 



At Neath, i. 241-263— 



settling his brother's affairs, i. 241 ; 

 railway surveying, i. 242 ; John joins 

 him in business, i. 244 ; lectures at 

 the Mechanics' Institute, i. 246 ; ex- 

 cursions round Neath described, i. 

 247-253 ; extracts from correspond- 

 ence with H. W. Bates, i. 254 ; visits 

 Paris, 256 ; character delineation by 

 phrenology, i. 257-262 



The Journey to the Amazon, i. 

 264-288— 

 preparations for expedition to the 

 Amazon, i. 264 ; the voyage out, i. 

 267 ; the city of Para and its environ- 

 ments described, i. 268-275 ; is 

 joined by his brother Herbert, and 

 goes collecting expedition up the 

 river Amazon, i. 275 ; poems by 

 Herbert, i. 276 ; stay at Santarem, 

 i. 278 ; finding of new species, i. 

 279 ; Herbert's verses to Santarem, 

 i. 280 ; expedition to the Upper Rio 

 Negro, i. 281 ; death of Herbert at 

 Para, i. 282 ; expeditions up the Rio 

 Negro and Uaupes, i. 283 ; difficulties 



encountered, i. 284 ; specimens col- 

 lected, i. 285 ; impressions of the 

 Amazon, i. 286-288 ; his letter to 

 Dr. Spruce describing his dangerous 

 voyage home, i. 302-309 ; comments 

 on the voyage, i. 310 ; Senhor Lima 

 described, i. 311 ; arrival in London, 

 i« 313 > writing account of travels, i. 

 314 ; the umbrella bird, i. 314 ; map 

 of Uaupes, i. 316 ; account of Count 

 Stradelli's explorations, i. 317 ; com- 

 parison of maps, i. 318 ; visitor at 

 scientific meetings, i. 320 ; publica- 

 tion of " Palms of the Amazon and 

 Rio Negro," and " Travels on the 

 Amazon and Rio Negro," i. 321 ; 

 helps Dr. Latham in native models 

 for Crystal Palace, i. 322 ; first meet- 

 ing with Huxley, i. 323 ; his paper 

 on monkeys to the Zoological Society, 

 i. 324 ; tour in Switzerland with 

 George Silk, i. 325 ; plans an expe- 

 dition to the Malay Archipelago, i. 

 326 ; collector's need of good hand- 

 book, i. 327 ; granted a passage on 

 the brig Frolic for Singapore, i. 329 ; 

 after many weeks waiting the Frolic 

 goes to the Crimea, and A. R. 

 Wallace returns to London, i, 33 1 ; 

 obtains ticket by overland route to 

 Singapore, i. 332 j 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 Singapore, 

 i' 340 J goes to Sarawak, i. 341 ; 

 care of an orphan baby, i. 343 ; Sir 

 James Brooke described, i. 345 ; re- 

 marks on the Crimean war, i. 347 ; 

 at Bukit Tima, i. 348 ; letter to H. 

 W. Bates, i. 350-354 ; article " On 

 the Law which has regulated the 

 Introduction of New Species," i. 355 ; 

 goes to Lambok and Macassar, 

 i. 356 ; collecting in Aru Islands, 

 i' 357 J at Amboyna, 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 ; 



