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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



JOURNEY TO ASIA. 



Brief Account of Uumboldt's Journey to Asia, with a Sketch of the Four 

 great Chains of Mountains which intersect the central Part of that 

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ENGRAVINGS. 



Vionette— Basaltic Rocks and Cascade of Regla. 



Dragon-tree of Orotava 



Humboldt's Route on the Orinoco 



Jaguar, or American Tiger 



Air- vol canoes of Turbaco 



Costumes of the Indians of Mechoacan 



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