CONTENTS. 



CHAP. III. 



SoU of the United States^ . . . . . 196 



Vegetables^ ... 217 



CHAP. IV. 



Animals of the United States^ . . . . 305 



Mrdsj . . . 343 



Fishes, ,.359 



Insects J , . 372 



Reptiles, . 387 



CHAP. V. 



Minerals Iff Fossils of the United States, . 398 



Mineral Springs, 425 



CHAP. VI. 



JSTatural Curiosities of the United States, . 444- 



Cataracts, Cascades, and Caverns, . . , 453 



JV estern Antiquities, 478 



Bridges, ' , . . . . 485 



ERRATA. 

 Page 104, for vol. 'uiii. read vol. <ui. 



254, 12th line from bottom, for red^ read n}ihite. 



324, BuiFon is incorrectly quoted. The assertion of 

 that great Naturalist is, that "no species of animal of 

 the Torrid Zone, had been placed primitively in both 

 Continents." It is difficult to say which position is 

 most absurd, the one in p. 324, or the above. 



347. The remark on the present winter, (1806-7) 

 refers to the part of it preceding February. 



368. The article Testudo Polyphemusy was placed 

 through inadvertence^ among the fishes. 



