COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, //t^?- ' ^^f. 



TIUNSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



BY E. C OTTE. 



Watura vero rcrum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quia mo do 

 partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo.— Plin., Hist. Nat., lib. vii. c. L 



VOL. 11. 



NEW YORK: 

 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS 



329 & 331 PEARL STRJEET, 



FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



1866. 



