CONTENTS, 



NORTH AM JEM I C A 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY. — PHYSICAL FEATURES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Northern region — Mountains — Great rivers — Lakes — Aboriginal inhabitants: The red men of 

 the wilds — Indian wigwams — Appearance of the Indians — Wood Indians — The Prairie 

 Indians — Religious Belief — American antiquities 13 



CHAPTER II. 



NORTH AMEIUCA CONSIDERED AS DIVIDED INTO FOUR ZONES, WITH THE VARIOUS 

 OBJECTS OF INTEREST FOUND IN EACH. 



The first zone— The second zone: The Fertile Belt of Rupert's Land — Animal Life on the 

 Fertile Belt — The third zone : The Dismal Swamp in the United States — Fossil footmarks 

 of birds— The Big-Bone Lick— The fourth zone 38 



CHAPTER III. 



THE PRAIRIES, PLAINS OF THE WEST, AND PASSAGE OF THE KOCKY MOUNTAINS. 



' The prairies — The barren plains in the Far West — The Rocky Mountains — Farks — The sage 

 cock — Winter scene among the Rocky Mountains — The horned frog — Fur-trappers of the 

 Far West — Wonders of Nature : Mammoth Cave of Kentucky — Oil springs — Mammoth 

 trees and caverns of Calaveras 49 



CHAPTER IV. 



GENERAL SURVEY OF THE ZOOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA. 

 1 Interesting facts — The various animals met with — The feathered tribes 76 



CHAPTER V. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS ANIMALS— RUMINANTS. 

 TThe moose, or elk — The cariboo, or reindeer — The wapiti, or Canadian stag — The karjacou, 



