CONTENTS. 



AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . . ^." v 



AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS . vii 



NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR , , xi 



STEPPES AND DESERTS . . . V . 25 



Annotations and Additions . >. , : , . 43 



CATARACTS OF THE ORINOCO . . . . -.. 169 



Annotations and Additions . . . . , 187 



NOCTURNAL LIFE OF ANIMALS IN THE PRIMEVAL FOREST . ' . 205 

 Annotations and Additions . . ' . . ' .215 



HYPSOMETRIC ADDENDA . . . . . . 217 



PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS . . . . . ( 227 



Annotations and Additions . . . . '. 247 



Postscript on the Physiognomic Classification of Plants . 367 



ON THR STRUCTURE AND MODE OF ACTION OF VOLCANOS, IN DIF- 

 FERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE . . .- . 375 

 Annotations and Additions . . ' . . 395 



THE VITAL FORCE ; OR, THE EHODIAN GENIUS . . . 403 



Note . . . . . . . .408 



THE PLATEAU OF CAXAMARCA, THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF THE INCA 

 ATAHUALLPA, and the First View of the Pacific Ocean, 

 from the Crest of the Andes . . . .413 



Annotations and Additions . . 438 



General Summary of the CONTENTS . . . . 453 / 



INDEX | . . , . . , . . ^. 471 



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