:xl 



SKETCH 



OF A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OE THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



VOL. III. PART II. 



yaturte vero rerum ris atque majestas in omnibus momentisfide caret, si quis modopartes ejus 

 ac won totam complectatur animo.-Pi.iy. H. N. lib. vii. c. 1. 



TRANSLATED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF 



COLONEL EDWARD SABINE, R.A., Y.P. & TREAS. R.S. 



LONDON: 

 LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS ; 



AND 



JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 

 1852. 



