CONTENTS. 



NORTH AMERICA 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY. — PHYSICAL FEATURES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Northern region — Mountains — Great rivers — Lakes — Aboriginal inhabitants : The red men of 

 the wilds — Indian wigwams — Appearance of the Indians — Wood Indians — The Prairie 

 Indians — Religious Belief — American antiquities 13 



CHAPTER II. 



NORTH AMERICA CONSIDERED AS DIVIDED INTO FOUR ZONES, WITH THE VARIOUS 



OBJECTS OF INTEREST FOUND IN EACH. 



The first zone — The second zone: The Fertile Belt of Rupert's Land — Animal Life on the 

 Fertile Belt — The third zone : The Dismal Swamp in the United States — Fossil footmarks 

 of birds — The Big-Bone Lick — The fourth zone 38 



CHAPTER III. 



THE PRAIRIES, PLAINS OF THE WEST, AND PASSAGE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



The prairies — The barren plains in the Far West — The Rocky Mountains — Parks — The sage 

 cock — Winter scene among the Rocky Mountains — The horned frog — Fur-trappers of the 

 Far West— Wonders of Nature : Mammoth Cave of Kentucky — Oil springs— Mammoth 

 trees and caverns of Calaveras 49 



CHAPTER IV. 



GENERAL SURVEY OF THE ZOOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA. 

 Interesting facts — The various animals met with — The feathered tribes 76 



CHAPTER V. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS ANIMALS — RUMINANTS. 

 The moose, or elk — The cariboo, or reindeer — The wapiti, or Canadian stag — The karjacou, 



