A SKETCH

OF A

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE.

BY

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN,

BY E. C. OTTÉ.

Naturæ vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modo parte
ejus ac non totam complectatur animo.-Plin., Hist. Nat., lib. vîì. c. 1.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN