COSMOS: 



SKETCH 



OF A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



VOL. Ill PART I. 



Natures vero rerum vts atqtie majestas in omnibus momentisfide caret, si quit modo partet </' 

 ae non totam complectatur animo. PLIN. H. N. lib. vii. c. 1. 



TRANSLATED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF 



LIEUT.-COL. EDWARD SABINE, E.A., Y.P.&TRBAS. R.S. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR 



LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, 



PATERNOSTER ROW J AMI) 



JOHN MURRAY. ALBEMARLE STREET. 



. 1851. 

 UNIVERSITY 



