CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME 



CHAPTER 



PREFACE . Pages IX XVI 



I. INTRODUCTION l 26 



II. RETROSPECT OF GREAT HUNTERS 



AND TRAVELLERS .... 27 35 



III. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS UPON 



THE CLIMATIC ZONES . . . 3 6 5 



IV. TERRESTRIAL CLIMATES, TEMPE- 



RATURES, AND ATMOSPHERIC 

 DISTURBANCES 51 



V. THE GREAT FOREST REGION 



OF THE EQUATORIAL ZONE . 150 



VI. THE GREAT BUSH REGION OR 



JUNGLE COUNTRY 241341 



VII. THE DESERT ZONE 342461 



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