A HISTORY

OF THE

EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE,

BY

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom, Translated from the French of Baron Cubier,

AND COPIOUS NOTES

EMBRACING ACCOUNTS OF NEW DISCOVERIES IN NATURAL HISTORY:

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY WASHINGTON IRVING;

AND

A CAREFULLY PREPARED INDEX TO THE WHOLE WORK.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN:

A. FULLARTON AND CO.

1852.

EDINBURGH:

FULLARTON AND MACNAB, PRINTERS, LEITH WALK.

CHAP. II. A short Survey of the Globe, from the light of Astronomy and Geography,

CHAP. III.-A View of the Surface of the Earth,

CHAP. IV.-A Review of the different Theories of the Earth,

CHAP. V. Of Fossil-shells, and other Extraneous Fossils,

CHAP. VI. Of the Internal Structure of the Earth,

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CHAP. VII. Of Caves and Subterraneous Passages, that sink, but not Perpendicularly, into

the Earth,

CHAP. VIII. Of Mines, Damps, and Mineral Vapours,

CHAP. IX.-Of Volcanoes and Earthquakes,

CHAP. X.-Of Earthquakes,

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CHAP. XI. Of the Appearance of New Islands and Tracts; and of the Disappearing of

others,

CHAP. XII.-Of Mountains,

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CHAP. XVI. Of the Tides, Motion, and Currents of the Sea; with their Effects,

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CHAP. XVII. Of the Changes produced by the Sea upon the Earth,

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CHAP. XVIII.-A Summary account of the Mechanical Properties of Air,

CHAP. XXI.—Of Meteors and such appearances as result from a combination of the Elements,

CHAP. XXII.-The Conclusion,

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PART II. HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.

INTRODUCTORY BOOK, viz.,

CHAP. I.-A Comparison of Animals with the Inferior Ranks of Creation,

CHAP. II. Of the Generation of Animals,

BOOK IX. Of the Elephant, Rhinoceros, and other species of Quadrupeds not included
under previous heads,

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