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INDEX
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“Acclimatisation,” Wallace’s article on, ii. 11
Acquired characters, non-inheritance of (see Non-inheritance)
Africa, flora of, i. 309
Agassiz, Louis, attacks Darwin’s “Origin
of Species,” i. 142;
glacial theories of, 176;
on diversity of human races, ii. 28
Alexandria, Wallace at, i. 45-7
Allbutt, Sir Clifford, theory of generation, i. 214
Allen, Charles (Wallace’s assistant), i. 39,
40, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54,
60, 79
—— Grant, on origin of wheat, ii.
46;
Wallace and, 219
Alpine plants, i. 210, 311
Amazon and Rio Negro, Wallace’s exploration of, i. 26-30
Amboyna, Wallace at, i. 106
America, Wallace’s lecture tour in, ii. 14
“Anatomy of Expression,” Bell’s, i. 182
“Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar,” Holmes’s, ii. 86
Angraecum sesquipedale, i. 189 (note)
Animals and plants, distribution of, Darwin’s views, i. 131
“—— —— under Domestication,” i. 112
—— geographical distribution of,
i. 94, 136;
migration of, Lyell’s theory, ii.
19
“Antarctic Voyage,” Scott’s, ii. 82
“Anthropology,” Tyler’s, Wallace’s
review of, ii. 65;
his interest in, 231 et seq.
Antiseptic treatment, medical opposition to, ii. 241
Ants, instincts of, i. 279
Apis testacea, i. 146
Archebiosis, i. 274-6
Argus pheasant, i. 230, 289, 292
Argyll, Duke of, i. 189, 313, 315, ii. 23;
his theory of flight, 25-7
Arnold, Matthew, on Darwin’s theory, ii. 228
Aru Islands, distribution of animals in, i. 132;
productions of, 161