VIEWS OF NATURE: 



OR CONTEMPLATIONS ON 



THE SUBLIME PHENOMENA OF CREATION; 



WITH fi 



SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTMTIONS..^^. 



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BY '*' ^V 



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ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TKANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN 



BY E. C. OTTE, AND HENRY G. BOHN. 



WITH A FRONTISFIECE FROM A SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR, A FAC-SIMILE OF HIS HAND 

 WRITIKG, AND A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX. 



LONDON: 



HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 

 1850. 



