THE 



TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT; 



BEING 



A CONDENSED NARRATIVE OF HIS JOURNEYS IN THE 

 EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF AMERICA, AND IN 

 ASIATIC RUSSIA! — TOGETHER WITH 

 ANALYSES OF HIS MORE IMPORT- 

 ANT INVESTIGATIONS. 



BY W. MAC GILLI VR AY, A.M., 



Conservator of the Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Member cf 

 the Natural History Societies of Edinburgh and Philadelphia, &c. 



WITH A MAP OF THE ORINOCO, AND ENGRAVINGS. 



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PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS 



NO. 82 CLIFF-STREET. 



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