[195] 51° 30´ north latitude, the parallel of London.
[196] Compare Malte Brun, ed. by Lavallée, “Géographie Universelle;” Mrs. Somerville, “Physical Geography;” and Sir J. Herschel, “Physical Geography” (Encycl. Britt., 9th edit.)
[197] Coleridge, Hymn in the Valley of Chamouni. For a glowing account of these phenomena, see Professor Tyndall’s “Glaciers of the Alps.”
[198] Admiral Smyth, “The Mediterranean.”
[199] Matthew Arnold, “New Poems” (1867)—Empedocles on Etna.
[200] Dr. J. Hooker, “Himalayan Journals.”
[201] Captain Strachey, “Journal of Royal Geographical Society” (vol. xxi.)
[202] Spencer St. John, “Life in the Forests of the Far East” (London, 1863).
[203] Longfellow, “Poetical Works.”
[204] Charles Martins, “Du Spitzberg au Sahara.”