PRESIDENT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, AUTHOR OF "THE PRINCIPLES IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. CONTENTS OP THE FIRST VOLUME. Voyage from Liverpool to Halifax.-Gale.-Iceberg.-Drift Ice and Gulf Stream.-Coast of Newfoundland.-Engine room of Steamer.-Con- versations on Coolies in the West Indies.-Halifax.-News of Judge Story's Death.-Boston.-Success of the Mail Steam Packets.-Cus- PAGE Boston.-Horticultural Show in Faneuil Hall. Review of Militia.- Peace Association.-Excursion to the White Mountains.-Railway Traveling.-Portsmouth, New Hampshire.-Geology, Fossils in Drift. -Submarine forest.-Wild Plants: Asters, Solidagos, Poison Ivy.- Swallows. Glacial Grooves.-Rocks transported by Antarctic Ice.- Body of a Whale discovered by an American Trader in an Iceberg |