^ CONTENTS. 



BOOK III. 



PRAIRIES, SAVANNAHS, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS. 



CHAITKI, HA '"' 



I. WILD PLAINS OF THE OLD WORLD : THE AFRICAN INTERIOR, 



II. DESERTS OF THE NEW WORLD : PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, LLANOS. 



III. THE AUSTRALIAN INTERIOR, ... ... 231 



IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE AFRICAN PLAINS, ... ... 240 



V. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS OF THE NEW WORLD. 258 



VI. FLORA OF THE AUSTRALIAN PLAINS, ... ... 273 



VII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD : HERBIVOROUS ANIMALS, 281 



VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD CONTINUED : THE 



CARNIVORA, ... ... ... .. ... ... ... 300 



IX. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD CONTINUED: BIRDS AND 



REPTILES, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 317 



X. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD: HERBIVORA, INSECT I- 



VORA. AND CARNIVORA, ... ... ... ... ... ... 328 



XI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD CONTINUED : BIRDS AND 



REPTILES,... ... ... ... ... ... ^ ... ... 353 



XII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRAIRIES, ... ... ... 366 



BOOK IV. 



THE FORESTS. 



I. THE VIRGIN FORESTS, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 379 



II. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE OLD WORLD, ... ... ... 397 



III. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE GREAT ISLANDS. ... ... 412 



IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE NEW WORLD, ... ... ... 428 



V. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS : THE ELEPHANT THE RHINOCEROS. 447 



VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE VIRGIN FORESTS : THE GREAT APES. ... ... 403 



VII. THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC APES : ORANGS GIBBONS CHIMPANZEES GORILLAS, 472 

 VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN TH FORESTS : THE CEBIDjK, OR MONKEYS OF AMERICA 



THE LEMURS THE SLOTHS THE SQUIRRELS. ... ... ... ... 487 



IX. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS : ANTHROPOPHAGY. . f>02 



