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Footnote A:
To instance a few, see pp. 241, 245, 255, 259, 304, 320, 325, 326,
386, 422, 424.
Footnote B:
These lines are from Schiller’s _Bride of Messina_, as translated by
A. Lodge, Esq. See Schiller’s works (Bohn’s ed.) vol. iii. p. 509.
Footnote C:
It is not intended in every instance to trouble the reader with
duplicate measurements; but they will be introduced occasionally.
Wherever only one measurement is given, it must be understood as
English.—ED.
Footnote D:
The Huns, on being driven from their ancient pastures by the Chinese,
traversed Asia, (1300 leagues,) and, swelled by the numerous hordes
they conquered _en route_, entered Europe, and gave the first impulse
to the great migration of nations. Deguires traces their progress with
geographical minuteness, and Gibbon tells their story with his usual
eloquence in Chap. XXVI.—ED.
Footnote E:
This effect is well represented in Grindlay’s _Scenery of the Western
Side of India_, plate 18.—ED.
Footnote F:
Modern naturalists affirm that _all_ bats are insectivorous.—ED.
Footnote G:
Ipsa suæ meminit stirpis, seseque Deisque
Mens fruitur felix, et novit in astra reverti.
_Barclaii Argenis_, lib. v.—ED.
Footnote H:
_Examen critique de l’Hist. de la Géographie_, t. iii., pp. 104–108.
Footnote I:
See my _Observations de Zoologie et d’Anatomie comparée_, t. ii., pp.
179–181.
Footnote J:
_Relation Hist._, t. ii., p. 279.
Footnote K:
See my _Essai Politique sur la Nouvelle Espagne_. 2me édit., t. i.,
pp. 82 and 109.
Footnote L:
See _Long’s Expeditions_, vol. ii., pp. 36, 362, 382. Ap. p. xxxvii.
Footnote M:
_Critical Researches on Philology and Geography_, 1824, p. 144.
Footnote N:
_Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year
1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the years 1843–1844_, p.
78.
Footnote O:
Chappe d’Auteroche, _Voyage en Sibérie, fait en 1761_. 4 vols., 4to.,
Paris, 1768.
Footnote P:
Frémont, _Report of the Exploring Expedition_, pp. 154, and 273–276.
Footnote Q:
Humboldt, _Atlas Mexicain_, pl. ch. 2; _Essai politique sur la Nouv.
Esp._, t. i. p. 231; t. ii. pp. 243, 313, and 420. Frémont, _Upper
California_, 1848, p. 9. See also Duflot de Mofras, _Exploration de
l’Orégon_, 1844, t. ii. p. 140.
Footnote R:
In the _Archæologia Americana_, vol. ii. p. 140.
Footnote S:
Frémont’s _Report_, pp. 3, 60, 70, 100, and 129.
Footnote T:
Compare Erman’s _Reise um die Erde_, Abth. i. Bd. 3, s. 8, Abth. ii.
Bd. 1. s. 386, with his _Archiv für Wissenschaftliche Kunde von
Russland_, Bd. vi. s. 671.
Footnote U:
See my _Essai polit. sur la Nouv. Espagne_, t. ii. p. 314.
Footnote V:
Frémont, _Geographical Memoir upon Upper California_, 1848, p. 6.
Footnote W:
_Report_, p. 274 (or _Narrative_, p. 300).
Footnote X:
Compare Frémont’s _Report_, pp. 164, 184, 187, 193, and 299, with
Nicollet’s _Illustration of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper
Mississippi River_, 1843, pp. 39–41.
Footnote Y:
Compare my _Relation Historique_, t. iii. p. 234, and Nicollet,
_Report to the Senate of the United States_, 1843, pp. 7, 57.
Footnote Z:
Nicollet, op. cit. pp. 99, 125, 128.
Footnote AA:
Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied, _Reise in das innere Nord-Amerika_, bd. i.,
1839, s. 443.
Footnote AB:
See _Cosmos_, vol. ii. p. 674 (Bohn’s edition).
Footnote AC:
_Historia general de las Indias_, cap. 214.
Footnote AD:
_Archæologia Americana_, vol. ii., 1836, p. 139.
Footnote AE:
Darwin, _Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of
the Countries visited 1832–1836 by the Ships Adventure and Beagle_, p.
266.
Footnote AF:
Humboldt, _Essai politique_, t. ii. p. 173.
Footnote AG:
Cailliaud, _Voyage à Syouah_, p. 14; Ideler, _Fundgruben des Orients_,
bd. iv. s. 399–411.
Footnote AH:
Strabo, lib. ii. p. 130, lib. xvii. p. 813, Cas.; Herod, lib. iii.
cap. 26. p. 207, Wessel.
Footnote AI:
See Ritter’s _Afrika_, 1822, s. 885, 988, 993, and 1003.
Footnote AJ:
Humboldt, _Relat. hist._, t. ii. p. 142, and Long’s _Expedition to the
Rocky Mountains_, v. ii. pp. 91 and 405.
Footnote AK:
Compare _Scyl. Caryand. Peripl._, in Hudson, vol. ii. p. 53, with
Aristot. _de Mirab. Auscult._ in _Op. omnia_, ex rec. Bekkeri, p. 884,
§ 136.
Footnote AL:
See also Edrisi, _Geogr. Nub._, 1619, p. 157.
Footnote AM:
_Ora Maritima_, v. 109, 122, 388, and 408.
Footnote AN:
Aristot. _Meteorol._, ii. 1, 14.
Footnote AO:
Acosta, _Historia natural y moral de las Indias_, lib. iii. cap. 4.
Footnote AP:
Compare Humboldt, _Relation historique_, t. i. p. 202, and _Examen
Critique_, t. iii. pp. 68–69, with Rennell’s _Investigation of the
Currents of the Atlantic Ocean_, 1832, p. 184.
Footnote AQ:
See _Cosmos_, vol. ii. p. 631, and note; Bohn’s edition.
Footnote AR:
See my _Examen Critique_, t. iii. pp. 64–99; and _Cosmos_, vol. ii. p.
655. Bohn’s edition.
Footnote AS:
_Exploration scientifique de l’Algérie_, t. ii. p. 343.
Footnote AT:
Chardin, _Voyages_, nouv. éd. par Langlès, 1811, t. iii. p. 376.
Footnote AU:
_Asien_, Bd. viii., Abth. 1, 1847, s. 610, 758.
Footnote AV:
_Historia Regionum Occidentalium, quæ Si-yu vocantur, visu et auditu
cognitarum._
Footnote AW:
_Règne animal_, t. i. p. 257.
Footnote AX:
Ritter, _Asian_, Bd. viii. s. 670, 672, and 746.
Footnote AY:
Humboldt, _Cosmos_, Bohn’s ed., vol. i. p. 281.
Footnote AZ:
_Singapore Journal of the Indian Archipelago_, 1847, p. 286.
Footnote BA:
Sartorius von Waltershausen, _Physisch-geographische Skizze von
Island_, 1847, s. 41.
Footnote BB:
Humboldt, _Premier Mémoire sur les Montagnes de l’Inde, in the Annales
de Chimie et de Physique_, t. iii. 1816, p. 303; _Second Mémoire_, t.
xiv. 1820, pp. 5–55.
Footnote BC:
_De Aëre et Aquis_, § xcvi. p. 74.
Footnote BD:
Strabo, lib. ii. p. 102; and lib. xiii. p. 598, Casaub.
Footnote BE:
Compare Strabo, lib. ii. pp. 71, 128; lib. iii. p. 137; lib. iv. pp.
199, 202; lib. v. p. 211, Casaub.
Footnote BF:
Humboldt, _Asie centrale_, t. ii. p. 141; Klaproth, _Asie polyglotta_,
p. 232.
Footnote BG:
Compare my _Asie centrale_, t. iii. p. 310, with the _Journal of the
Asiatic Soc. of Bengal_, vol. x. 1841, p. 114.
Footnote BH:
See his _Kashmir_, Bd. ii. s. 196.
Footnote BI:
Vigne, _Travels in Kashmir_, 1842, vol. i. pp. 237–293.
Footnote BJ:
Humboldt, _Asie centrale_, t. iii. pp. 281–325.
Footnote BK:
_Il Milione di Marco Polo_, pubbl. dal Conte Baldelli, t. i. pp. 32
and 87.
Footnote BL: