COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



OP 



A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



BY E. a OTTE. 



MatarsB vero rerura vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si qiiia modo 

 partes ejus ac non totara complectatur animo. — Plin., Hist. Nat., lib. viL, c. 1. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 



VOL. L 



NEW YORK: 



HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS 



329 & 331 PEARL STREET, 

 FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



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