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Europe : — a popular Physical Sketch. By Professor Schouw. 

 Translated from the second edition, by Dr. Cantor, As- 

 sistant Surgeon, Bengal Medical Service, doing duty with 

 H. M's. 26th Regt. on expedition to China. 



PREFACE. 

 The imperfect and unscientific manner in which the manuals of 

 Geography treat of the physical condition of the earth, and the 

 ignorance so frequently displayed by persons, in many other respects 

 occupying a high step of intellectual culture, have chiefly called forth 

 this sketch. I have tried to render the physical relations intelligi- 

 ble even to those who possess no rudiments of the physical sciences, but 

 I have often felt how difficult a task it is, in geography, to exhibit 

 their results in a popular manner, if the acquirement of the rudiments 

 cannot be presumed. the author. 



CONTENTS. 



Scandinavian peninsula. 



South Sweden. 



Finland. 



Iceland. 



Far Islands. 



Shetlands and Orkneys. 



British Isles. 



North European plain. 



Central European mountains. 



East European plain, 



Crimea. 



Balkan and the Dinaric mountains. 



The Alps. 



The Pyrenees. 



Spanish peninsula. 



Italian peninsula. 



Greek peninsula. 



Comparison of the three South European peninsulas. 



Comparison of Northern and Southern Europe. 



General conspectus of Europe. 



List of the heights quoted. 



List of the mean temperature quoted. 



