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CONTENTS. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



Uruguay Page 143 



River Parana 144 



Plate River 146 



La Plata 146 



The Pampas 149 



Tierra del Fuego 151 



Chiloe . .153 



Valparaiso Page 1 54 



Quillota 157 



Valdivia 158 



Chile 159 



Lima 159 



Tahiti 163 



New South Wales . 164 



NATURE. 



Forests 170 



The Kauri Pine 171 



The Beech 172 



The Kelp 172 



Mountains 175 



Fossil Trees , .178 



An Old Sea-bed . ... . .182 



Earthquakes 183 



Rainfall 193 



Hibernation of Animals . . .195 



The Ocean 196 



Lagoon Islands 197 



INDEX OF NOTABLE PERSONS 205 



GENERAL INDEX . 219 



