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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1861. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Aberdeen, Chair of Natural History at, 272. JEge&n Sea, visit to, 269, 274. Agassiz, Professor, 263, 264. Ailken, Mr., letter to, 237. Algiers, visit to, 230. Alison, Professor, 173, 185. Amorgo, visit to, 287. Anatomy Bill, introduction of, 95. Arendal, visit to, 207. Argyle, Duke of, 526. Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, Forties's geo- logical theory of, 55S. Ashworth, Miss, 440, Asia Minor, visit to, 297. Association, British, 225, 239, 245, *62, 308, 349, 369, 388, 399, 420, 442, 455, 475, 488, 499, 563. Atheneeum Club, Forbes elected a mem- ber of, 384. Atlantic, lecture on the North, 417. Attwood, Mrs. Melville, 350, 354. Notes of Forbes's early days, 55. Auvergne. visit to, 521. Aveline, Mr. Talbot, 401. Bachelorhood, Forbes's opinion of, 438. Baltbnr, Professor, 106, 345, 567, 668, 569. Ball, Mr. Robert, 261. Ba.thymetrical classification of the Ma- rine Fauna, 255, 299. "licacon," the, 186,275. Belfast, 261, 499. Belgium, visits to, 238, 498. Bell, Sir Charles, 177. Bennett, Professor, 121, 175, 180, 567, 569. Bcntley, Professor, 532. Beranger, Forbes's admiration of, 243. Bergen, 209. Bcroe Cucumis, paper on, 456. Birmingham, 245, 453. Birth of son, 480. daughter, 499. Blackie, Professor, 272, 290. Blackwood's Magazine, 193. Blytt, M., of Christiania, 209. Board of Trade, transfer of Survey anil School of Mines to, 517. Bondhuns, glacier of, 211. Botany, Chair of, at King's College, London, 306, 323. " Bridgewater-writing," Forbes's opi- nion of, 547. Bristow, Mr., 453, 483, 501. Britain, Fauna and Flora of, 394, 396, 538. British geology, on some new points in, 516. Brotherhood of Friends of Truth, 191, 340, 380, 387. Brown, Dr. Samuel, 266, 340, 361. Burke and Hare, atrocities of, 92. Cairi, visit to, 290. Cambridge, visits to, 355, 388. Campbell, Pr...
