COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



BY E. C OTTE. 



Naturaa vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modo 

 partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. Plin., Hist. Nat., lib. vii., c. 1. 



VOL. II. 



NEW YORK: 



HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS 



329 & 331 PEARL STREET, 



FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



1855. 



