List of Plates.

PLATEPage
I.EXTINCT ANIMALS THAT ONCE LIVED WHERE DORSETSHIRE NOW IS[5]
II.EXTINCT ANIMALS THAT ONCE LIVED WHERE PARIS NOW IS[21]
III.GREAT BONE CAVERN OF GAYLENREUTH[30]
IV.GIGANTIC ELK AND MEGATHERIUM[38]
V.VESUVIUS, WITH THE PINE-TREE CLOUD[64]
VI.VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION AT NIGHT[66]
VII.THE GEYSERS OF ICELAND[78]
VIII.ISLAND OF STAFFA[93]
IX.FINGAL'S CAVE[97]
X.FORUM OF POMPEII[131]
XI.GREAT FALL OF NIAGARA[135]
XII.ESCAPE ON THE ICE[157]
XIII.THE WATER-SPOUT[194]
XIV.ACTINIÆ—CORAL BUILDERS[206]
XV.SEPIAS[231]
XVI.NAUTILUS[239]
XVII.AURORA BOREALIS ([FRONTISPIECE.])
XVIII.SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN[285]
XIX.DOVER CASTLE[293]
XX.FATA MORGANA[299]

WONDERS OF THE EARTH,
SEA, AND SKY.


PART I.

WONDERS OF THE EARTH.


CHAPTER I.