Singular Ceremony of Native Mexicans

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1. Frontmatter I
2. About This Edition V
3. Contents VII
4. CONTENTS OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, WRITINGS IN ENGLISH, PART I: 1789–1824 XVI
5. The Whole World in One Thousand Essays: Introduction to Alexander von Humboldt’s “Other Cosmos” XXIII
6. Editorial Note XLI
7. Acknowledgments XLIII
8. Interesting correspondence between baron Humboldt and the mexican government 711
9. Population of America 714
10. M. de Humboldt, and the Volcanos of Mexico 716
11. Administration of Justice in Spanish America 720
12. Observations on the Mean Temperature of the Equatorial Regions 721
13. Account of the Discovery of a Mine of Platinum in Columbia, and of Mines of Gold and of Platinum in the Uralian Mountains 728
14. Germination of Seeds 730
15. On the Volcanos of Guatemala 731
16. Vegetable Glue 737
17. Voyage aux Régions Equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799—1804, par Al. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. Rédigé par Alexandre de Humboldt, avec deux Atlas, &c. Tom. 3. in 4to. Paris, 1825. Travels in the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent in 1799 to 1804, by Humboldt and Bonpland, &c 738
18. [Letter to the Secretary of the United Mexican Mining Association] 744
19. Bericht über die Naturhistorischen Reisen der Herren Ehrenberg und Hemprich, durch Aegypten, Dongola, Syrien, Arabien, und den östlichen Abfall des Habessinian Hochlandes, in den Jahren 1820—1825. Gelesen in der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, von Alexander von Humboldt. Berlin. Gedruckt in der Druckerei der Königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften. 1826/ Report of the Researches in various Branches of Natural History made by Messrs Ehrenberg and Hemprich, on their Travels through Egypt, Dongola, Syria, Arabia, and the Eastern Slope of the Abyssinian Highlands in the Years 1820– 1825. Read before the Royal Academy of Sciences, by Alexander Von Humboldt. Berlin; printed at the press of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 1826 747
20. Bridges of Suspension 779
21. On the Principal Causes of the Difference of Temperature on the Globe 780
22. Alexander Humboldt on Negro Slavery 795
23. On Coral Islands 801
24. On the Fecundation of Flowers 802
25. On the Luminousness of the Ocean 803
26. The supposed recent Origin of America refuted 806
27. Account of the great Congress of Philosophers at Berlin on the 18th September 1828. Communicated by a Correspondent 808
28. General view of the Scientific researches recently carried on in the Russian Empire. In a discourse pronounced at the Extraordinary sitting of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St Petersburg, held on the 28th November 1829 813
29. Excessive length of words 826
30. Brief Narrative of De Humboldt’s Travels in Russia 827
31. On the Lofty Flight of the Condor 831
32. On the Systems of Numerical Signs used by different Nations, and on the Origin of the Expression of Value by Position in the Indian Numbers 833
33. Notes from a Notice (of some time past) of the Journey of M. de Humboldt in Siberia, and Researches of Mr. Ehrenberg on the Organisation, and the Geographical Distribution of the Infusoria and Northern Asia 858
34. On the chains of mountains and volcanos of Central Asia 861
35. On the Produce of Gold and Silver in the Russian Empire 885
36. Académie des Sciences (Paris) 886
37. [African Slavery] 888
38. Letter to the President of the Academy of Sciences 889
39. Pulque 892
40. Lieut. Burnes and Humboldt 895
41. Traces of Mammalia in the New Red Sandstone (grès bigarré) of Hildburghausen in Germany, communicated to the Academy of Sciences of France 896
42. Baron de Humboldt 898
43. Letter from Baron von Humboldt to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K.G., President of the Royal Society of London, on the Advancement of the Knowledge of Terrestrial Magnetism, by the Establishment of Magnetic Stations and corresponding Observations 899
44. Extract of a Letter from Baron de Humboldt 910
45. On Two Attempts to ascend Chimborazo 911
46. On the difference of level between the Black Sea and the Caspian 929
47. An essay on the fluctuations in the supplies of gold, with relation to problems of political economy 932
48. Comparison of savage and civilized life 955
49. On the Longitude of Valparaiso and Callao, in a Letter from Baron Alexander von Humboldt 956
50. [Letter to J. L. Moillet] 962
51. Letter from Baron Alexander von Humboldt to the Earl of Minto / Additions fragmentaires aux “Instructions for the Scientific Expedition to the Antarctic Regions” 963
52. Alexander Von Humboldt, and Africa 977
53. Musical Rocks of South America 978
54. Colonial Society 979
55. An Attempt to determine the mean height of Continents 981
56. Von Humboldt 991
57. The Isthmus of Panama 992
58. Great Mass of Native Gold 993
59. Note by M. Humboldt 994
60. On the Comparative Level of Lakes and Seas, as the Caspian, Lake Aral, Black Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Lake Tiberias, Dead Sea, Atlantic, Pacific, &c 995
61. Singular Ceremony of Native Mexicans 1010
62. Man—races—language 1012
63. Carbonic Acid and Sulphureous Acid Springs—Cold Springs—Hot Springs— Mud Volcanoes—Volcanoes 1015
64. Cosmos: Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe 1028
65. General view of the solar system 1036
66. Fossil Meteoric Stones 1042
67. Internal Temperature of the Earth 1043
68. Earthquakes 1048
69. On the Aurora Borealis 1049
70. On the Height of the Snow-Line in India 1056
71. On the known Thickness of the Crust of the Earth 1058
72. The Temperature of Rain-Drops 1061
73. Aerolites, or meteoric stones 1062
74. On the Physiognomy of the Surface of the Earth 1076
75. A Lofty Conception 1091
76. Egyptian Antiquities 1092
77. Physical Description of the Universe 1094
78. All the Universe in Motion 1099
79. Interesting Correspondence with M. Alex. de Humboldt 1100
80. On Climates Suitable for the Production of Wine 1102
81. The Diffusion of Life 1106
82. The sublime Character of Hebrew Poetry 1108
83. Humboldt on Landscape Painting 1109
84. A General Movement in the World 1112
85. Bernardin de St. Pierre 1113
86. Descriptive Scenery 1114
87. Early Encyclopædias 1115
88. Influence of Trade 1116
89. Letter from the Baron Alexander von Humboldt 1117
90. Mr. Prescott, the Historian 1118
91. Hebraic Poetry 1119
92. Scientific Researches of the Arabians 1122
93. The Roman Empire 1124
94. What made Humboldt a Traveller 1125
95. [Letter to Joseph Dalton Hooker] 1126
96. Altitude of Volcanoes 1129
97. Baron Humboldt on the Junction of the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans 1131
98. Cactuses 1133
99. Subterranean Golden Gardens 1134
100. Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest 1136
101. On the periodical appearance of shooting stars from the 13th to the 15th of November1 1140
102. The Northern Desert of Africa 1142
103. Introduction 1143
104. Origin of San Juan De Ulua 1145
105. An Aged and Enormous Oak 1146
106. Baron Humboldt and the Peace Congress 1147
107. Condors 1149
108. Letter from Humboldt 1150
109. The King Vulture 1151
110. To the Committee of the Berlin Society for the Colonization of Central America 1152
111. Utility of Buffalo Tracks 1153
112. An Interview with Humboldt—His Letter to Mr. Heine 1154
113. Animaculæ in the Air 1157
114. Colonel Fremont 1159
115. Colours of the Stars 1165
116. Mists in Peru 1166
117. New Stars 1167
118. Translated copy of a Letter from Baron Alexander Humboldt to S. G. Morton, M. D 1168
119. Velocity of Light 1169
120. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe 1174
121. A Cheaper Light than Gas 1177
122. A Sensitive Murderer 1178
123. Baron von Humboldt 1179
124. M. de Buch 1183
125. Indian Sang Froid 1185
126. Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 1186
127. Noon in the tropics 1189
128. The Extinct American Race 1190
129. The Isthmus of Darien Ship Canal 1192
130. The Parrot of Atures 1193
131. The spanish laws on mining 1195
132. The study of nature 1199
133. Opinion of Humboldt 1203
134. Fragment of a letter of Baron Alexander Humboldt to Mr. Albert Berg 1204
135. To the editor of the “Bonplandia” 1208
136. Introduction 1209
137. Baron Humboldt and American Affairs 1224
138. Letter from Baron Humboldt 1227
139. On certain Appearances connected with the Zodiacal Light 1229
140. Baron Humboldt on the Renewed Arctic Search 1234
141. [A Letter from Alexander von Humboldt] 1235
142. [A Letter from Alexander von Humboldt] 1236
143. Humboldt and Agassiz 1237
144. Humboldt and the Americans 1240
145. Madame Ida Pfeiffer 1242
146. Progress of Science 1243
147. Size of Cuba 1244
148. The Darien Canal 1245
149. To Dr. B. A. Gould 1246
150. Alexander Von Humboldt 1248
151. [Letter to Lorin Blodget] 1249
152. [Letter to Berthold Seemann] 1250
153. Preface by Alexander von Humboldt 1252
154. An Original Letter from Humboldt— Handsome Compliment to an American Officer 1260
155. [Endorsement for John Buchanan Floyd] 1262
156. [Humboldt on Manufacturing Porcelain] 1263
157. [Aimé Bonpland] 1264
158. Forster and Humboldt—Another letter from the author of Cosmos 1265
159. American Institute Farmers’ Club 1267
160. Baron Humboldt on American Slavery. A Private Letter to Mr. Julius Froebel. Communicated to The Tribune with Humboldt’s consent 1268
161. Aimé Bonpland 1270
162. “Symmes’ Hole” 1273
163. Extract from a letter of His Excellency Baron Alexander v. Humboldt, Member of the King’s Privy Council, and Chamberlain to His Majesty, at Berlin 1274
164. [Letter to Chajim Selig Slonimski] 1275
165. [Letter To Carl Vogel] 1277
166. [Letter to George Ticknor] 1278
167. [Letter on the Occasion of the 300th Anniversary of the University of Jena] 1282
168. Compliment from Humboldt to Lieut. Maury 1283
169. [Twenty-Five Hundred A Year] 1284
170. Baron Humboldt and his Correspondents 1285
171. Emendations 1287
172. Sources 1293
173. The Periodicals 1315
174. The Works of Alexander von Humboldt 1321
175. Chronology—The Life and Times of Alexander von Humboldt 1327
176. Index of Names 1331