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, 



