 | Andrew Combe - 1852 - Страниц: 380
...be killed in such largo numbers. It is surprising that they I have not become wilder ; for these I islands during the last hundred and fifty years have...been frequently visited by bucaniers and whalers; and thr sailors, wandering through the woods ! in search of tortoises, always take ¡' cruel delight in... | |
 | 1877 - Страниц: 822
...tame, they do not alight upon people's hats, nor do they suffer themselves to be killed in such large numbers. It is surprising that they have not become...during the last hundred and fifty years, have been much visited by buccaneers and whalers ; and the sailors, wandering through the woods in search of... | |
 | 1877 - Страниц: 162
...; for these islands, during the last hundred and fifty years, have been much visited by buccaneers and whalers ; and the sailors, wandering through the woods in search of tortoises, take a cruel delight in knocking down the little birds." Darwin also says that at Terra del Fuego a... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1879 - Страниц: 254
...HEAD OF A FLY-CATCHEB. the last hundred and fifty years have been frequently visited by buccaneers and whalers, and the sailors, wandering through the...take cruel delight in knocking down the little birds. In Charles Island, which had then been settled about six years, I saw a boy sitting by a well with... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1879 - Страниц: 452
...not alight on people's arms, nor do they suffer themFLYING FISH. selves to be killed in such large numbers. It is surprising that they have not become wilder, for these islands during GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. HEAD OF A FLY-CATCHER. the last hundred and fifty years have been frequently visited... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1889 - Страниц: 628
...tame, they do not alight on people's arms, nor do they suffer themselves to be killed in such large numbers. It is surprising that they have not become...hundred and fifty years have been frequently visited by buccaneers and whalers, and the sailors, wandering through the woods in search of tortoises, always... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - Страниц: 542
...tame, they do not alight on people's arras, nor do they suffer themselves to be killed in such large numbers. It is surprising that they have not become...hundred and fifty years have been frequently visited by bucanicrs and whalers; and the sailors, wandering through the woods in search of tortoises, always... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1908 - Страниц: 542
...tame, they do not alight on people's arms, nor do they suffer themselves to be killed in such large numbers. It is surprising that they have not become...cruel delight in knocking: down the little birds. Thjesejjirds,.although now still moxe-petsecutedr-de-net readuy" become wild : in Charles Island, which... | |
 | 1909 - Страниц: 574
...tame, they do not alight on people's arms, nor do they suffer themselves to be killed in such large numbers. It is surprising that they have not become...and whalers ; and the sailors, wandering through the wood in search of tortoises, always take cruel delight in knocking down the little birds. These birds,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1909 - Страниц: 564
...tame, they do not alight on people's arms, nor do they suffer themselves to be killed in such large numbers. It is surprising that they have not become...islands during the last hundred and fifty years have beeri frequently visited by bucaniers and whalers; and the sailors, wandering through the wood in search... | |
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Dampier also, in the same year, says that a man in a morning's walk might kill six or seven dozen of these doves. At present, although certainly very tame, they do not alight on people's arms, nor do they suffer themselves to be killed in such large numbers.... 
