COSMOS: 





A SKETCH 



OP 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIYERSK 



BY 



ALEXANDEPv VON HUMBOLDT. 



THAXSLATED rROM VH3 GEIUIAN, 



BY E. C. OTTE. 



Naturae vcro rerum vis atqne majestas in omnibus momcntis fide caret, ei quia mi»do 

 partes ejus ac non totam complectatur ardmo. — Plin., Hist. NaL, lib. vii., c. 1. 



VOL. Ill, 



NEW YORK; 



HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 

 329 & 331 PEARL STREET 



FRANKLIN SQUARE. 

 1875. 



