IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE AFRICAN PLAINS, 240 V. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS OF THE NEW WORLD, 258 VI. FLORA OF THE AUSTRALIAN PLAINS, 273 VII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD:--HERBIVOROUS ANIMALS, 281 VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD--CONTINUED:--THE CARNIVORA, 300 IX. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD--CONTINUED:--BIRDS AND REPTILES, 317 X. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD:--HERBIVORA, INSECTIVORA, AND CARNIVORA, 328 XI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD--CONTINUED:--BIRDS AND REPTILES, 353 XII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRAIRIES, 366 BOOK IV. THE FORESTS. I. THE VIRGIN FORESTS, 379 II. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE OLD WORLD, 397 III. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE GREAT ISLANDS, 412 IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE NEW WORLD, 428 V. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS:--THE ELEPHANT--THE RHINOCEROS, 447 VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE VIRGIN FORESTS:--THE GREAT APES, 463 VII. THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC APES:--ORANGS--GIBBONS--CHIMPANZEES--GORILLAS, 472 VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE FORESTS:--THE CEBIDÆ, OR MONKEYS OF AMERICA--THE LEMURS--THE SLOTHS--THE SQUIRRELS, 487 IX. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS:--ANTHROPOPHAGY, 502 X. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS:--THE SAVAGE RACES--THE NEGROES, 514 XI. MAN IN THE SAVANNAHS AND THE FORESTS:--THE MALAYS--POLYNESIANS--THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, 526 BOOK V. THE POLAR DESERTS--THE MOUNTAINS. I. THE POLAR DESERTS, 543 II. ANIMAL LIFE AND VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE POLAR DESERTS, 555 III. THE INHABITANTS OF THE ARCTIC WILDERNESSES:--THE LAPLANDERS, SAMOIEDES, OSTIAKS, KAMTSCHATDALES, ESKIMOS (OR ESQUIMAUX), 569 IV. THE MOUNTAINS, 579 V. VEGETABLE LIFE AND ANIMAL LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS, 598 [Illustration] THE DESERT WORLD. 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.