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BOOK I. 



THE DESERTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA: THE LANDES, THE DUNES, AND THE STEPPES. 



CHAFFER PACB 



I. THE DESERT IX FRANCE: THE LANDES OF BRITTANY, ... ... 13 



II. THE LANDES OF GASCONY, ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 



III. THE DUNES, OB SAND-HILLS, ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 



IV. WILD SCENES OF ENGLAND: DARTMOOR AND THE FEN COUNTRY, ... ... 89 



v. THE STEPPES: THE DESERT IN RUSSIA, SIBERIA, AND TARTARY, ... ... 46 



VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN*TIIE STEPPES: THE WILD HORSE AND THE CAMEL, ... .51 



VII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE STEPPES : WILD RUMINATING ANIMALS, RODENTS, CAR- 



NIVORA, BIRDS, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 64 



VIII. INHABITANTS OF THE STEPPES : TARTARS. COSSACKS, KALMUCKS. KIRGHIZ. 



MONGOLS, ... ... ... ... 78 



BOOK II. 



THE DESERTS OF SAND : THE DESERTS OF EUROPE AND AFRICA. 



I. THE RAINLESS DESERT THE BED OF A SEA THE DEAD SEA. ... ... 95 



II. ARABIA DESERTA AND ARABIA PETR^A, ... ... ... "... 106 



III. THE NUBIAN DESERT THE GREAT SAHARA DESERTS OF AFRICA, ... ... 118 



IV. PHENOMENA OF THE DESERT, ... ... ... ... ... ... 134 



V. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE DESERT THE OAKKS. ... ... ... 148 



VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE DESERT, ... ... ... ... ... 102 



VII. THE MEN OF THE DESERT. 171 



