14 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



JOURNEY TO ASIA. 



Brief Account of Humboldt's Journey to Asia, with a Sketch of the Four 

 great Chains of Mountains which intersect the central Part of that 

 Continent 352 



ENGRAVINGS. 



Vignette— Basaltic Rocks and Cascade of Regla. 



Dragon-tree of Orotava Page 42 



Humboldt's Route on the Orinoco 112 



Jaguar, or American Tiger 183 



Air- volcanoes of Turbaco 274 



Costumes of the Indians of Mcchoacau 295 



