COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TKANSLATED FBOM THE GEHMAN, 



BY E. C. OTTE. 



Nataraa vero rerum vis atquo majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modo 

 partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. Plin., Hist. Nat., lib. vil, c. L 



VOL. III. 



NEW YORK: 



HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 

 329 & 331 PEARL STREET, 



FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



1858. 



