ILLUSTRATIONS 



PORTRAIT OF LOUIS AGASSiz — FroM Ballard' s*"' The 



Three Kingdoms " . . Frontispiece 



AGASSIZ HELPING HIS LITTLE BROTHER ACROSS A 



CRACK IN THE ICE I 



AGASSIZ'S FIRST AQUARIUM 4 



AGASSIZ AT NINETEEN l8 



THE FISHING JAGUAR 52 



THE HOUSE ON THE GLACIER . . . . 70 

 DESCENT OF AGASSIZ INTO THE HEART OF A 



GLACIER .76 



AGASSIZ ON THE PINNACLE OF THE JUNGFRAU . 80 



A GAPO, OR FLOODED FOREST (bRAZIL) . . 88 

 VEGETATION ON THE SHORES OF THE LOWER 



AMAZON MIRITI PALMS ..... 96 



MOUTH OF THE RIVER JAVARI (a TRIBUTARY ON 



THE RIGHT OF THE AMAZOn) . . I06 



tOARITEA BOAT OF THE UPPER AMAZON . .1x8 



COMBAT OF THE JAGUAR AND GREAT ANT-EATER. 1 26 



FUNERAL VASE OF THE MANAO INDIANS . . I30 



VEGETATION OF THE CANAL DES BREVES . . I30 



BURIAL-PLACE OF MANAO INDIANS . . . I36 



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