BOOK I.

THE DESERTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA:--THE LANDES, THE DUNES, AND THE STEPPES.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE DESERT IN FRANCE:--THE LANDES OF BRITTANY, 13

II. THE LANDES OF GASCONY, 24

III. THE DUNES, OR SAND-HILLS, 32

IV. WILD SCENES OF ENGLAND:--DARTMOOR AND THE FEN COUNTRY, 39

V. THE STEPPES:--THE DESERT IN RUSSIA, SIBERIA, AND TARTARY, 46

VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE STEPPES:--THE WILD HORSE AND THE CAMEL, 51

VII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE STEPPES:--WILD RUMINATING ANIMALS, RODENTS, CARNIVORA, BIRDS, 64

VIII. INHABITANTS OF THE STEPPES:--TARTARS, COSSACKS, KALMUCKS, KIRGHIZ, MONGOLS, 78