The Desert World
by Arthur Mangin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Mangin, Arthur, 1824-1887
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Deserts
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 43396
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43396
- Release Date
- August 3, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE DESERT WORLD. — Preface. — Contents. — THE DESERT WORLD.
- 2.BOOK I. THE DESERTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA: THE LANDES, THE DUNES, AND THE STEPPES. — CHAPTER I. THE DESERT IN FRANCE:—THE LANDES OF BRITTANY. — CHAPTER II. THE LANDES OF GASCONY. — CHAPTER III. THE DUNES, OR SAND-HILLS. — CHAPTER IV. WILD SCENES OF ENGLAND:—DARTMOOR AND THE FEN COUNTRY. — CHAPTER V. THE STEPPES:—THE DESERT IN RUSSIA, SIBERIA, AND TARTARY. — CHAPTER VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE STEPPES:—THE WILD HORSE—THE CAMEL. — CHAPTER VII. THE ANIMAL LIFE OF THE STEPPES:—WILD RUMINATING ANIMALS—RODENTS—CARNIVORA—BIRDS. — CHAPTER VIII. THE INHABITANTS OF THE STEPPES:—TARTARS, COSSACKS, KALMÜKS, KIRGHIZ, MONGOLS.
- 3.BOOK II. THE DESERTS OF SAND:—THE DESERTS OF EUROPE AND AFRICA. — CHAPTER I. THE RAINLESS DESERT—THE BED OF A SEA—THE DEAD SEA. — CHAPTER II. ARABIA DESERTA AND ARABIA PETRÆA. — CHAPTER III. THE NUBIAN DESERT—THE GREAT SAHARA—DESERTS OF AFRICA. — CHAPTER IV. PHENOMENA OF THE DESERT. — CHAPTER V. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE DESERT:—THE OASES. — CHAPTER VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE DESERT. — CHAPTER VII. THE MEN OF THE DESERT.
- 4.BOOK III. PRAIRIES, SAVANNAHS, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS. — CHAPTER I. THE WILD PLAINS OF THE OLD WORLD:—THE AFRICAN INTERIOR. — CHAPTER II. DESERTS OF THE NEW WORLD:—PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, LLANOS. — CHAPTER III. THE AUSTRALIAN INTERIOR. — CHAPTER IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE AFRICAN PLAINS. — CHAPTER V. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS OF THE NEW WORLD. — CHAPTER VI. THE FLORA OF THE AUSTRALIAN PLAINS. — CHAPTER VII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD:—HERBIVOROUS ANIMALS. — CHAPTER VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD, CONTINUED:—THE CARNIVORA. — CHAPTER IX. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD:—BIRDS AND REPTILES. — CHAPTER X. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD:—HERBIVORA, INSECTIVORA, AND CARNIVORA. — CHAPTER XI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD:—BIRDS AND REPTILES. — CHAPTER XII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRAIRIES.
- 5.BOOK IV. T H E F O R E S T S. — CHAPTER I. THE VIRGIN FORESTS. — CHAPTER II. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE OLD WORLD. — CHAPTER III. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE GREAT ISLANDS. — CHAPTER IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE NEW WORLD. — CHAPTER V. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS:—THE ELEPHANT—THE RHINOCEROS. — CHAPTER VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE VIRGIN FORESTS:—THE GREAT APES. — CHAPTER VII. THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC APES:—ORANGS, GIBBONS, CHIMPANZEES, AND GORILLAS. — CHAPTER VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE FORESTS:—THE CEBIDÆ, OR MONKEYS OF AMERICA—THE LEMURS—THE SLOTHS—THE SQUIRRELS. — CHAPTER IX. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS.—ANTHROPOPHAGY. — CHAPTER X. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS—THE SAVAGE RACES—THE NEGROES. — CHAPTER XI. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS:—THE MALAYO-POLYNESIANS—THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
- 6.BOOK V. THE POLAR DESERTS—THE MOUNTAINS. — CHAPTER I. T H E P O L A R D E S E R T S. — CHAPTER II. ANIMAL LIFE AND VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE POLAR DESERTS. — CHAPTER III. THE INHABITANTS OF THE ARCTIC WILDERNESSES:—THE LAPLANDERS—SAMOIEDES—OSTIAKS—KAMTSCHATDALES—ESKIMOS, OR ESQUIMAUX. — CHAPTER IV. T H E M O U N T A I N S. — CHAPTER V. VEGETABLE LIFE AND ANIMAL LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS. — Index. — List of Illustrations.
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