COSMOS 



A SKETCH OF A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON ^HUMBOLDT 



TRANSLATED BY E. C. OTTE 



Naturae vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modo parte 

 ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. Plin., Hist. Nat. lib. vii. c. i. 



VOL. III. 



LONDON: 



GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK ST., COVENT GARDEN, 



AND NEW YORK. 



1892. 



