THE 



)CEAN, ATMOSPHERE 



AND LIFE 



Being the Second Series of 

 A DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY OF THE 



PHENOMENA OF THE LIFE OF THE GLOBE 



Bv ELISEE RECLUS 



Translated by the late B. B. WOODWARD, m.a. 



ANP 



Edited by HENRY WOODWARD, f.r.s., of the British Museum 



lllnstraleb bi) 



TWO HUNDRED MAPS OR FIGURES INTERCALATED IN THE TEXT 



AND twenty-seven MAPS PRINTED IN COLOURS 



SECTION I. 



LONDON 



CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY 

 1873 



