Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. "Beagle" Under Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.J. Murray, 1909 - Всего страниц: 537 |
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... period when its horns are perfect , or free from the hairy skin . When in this state the meat is , of course , quite uneatable ; but the Gauchos assert , that if buried for some time in fresh earth the taint is removed . I have ...
... period when its horns are perfect , or free from the hairy skin . When in this state the meat is , of course , quite uneatable ; but the Gauchos assert , that if buried for some time in fresh earth the taint is removed . I have ...
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... period of infancy . " It is remarkable that some of the species , but not all , both of the Cuckoo and Molothrus , should agree in this one strange habit of their para- sitical propagation , whilst opposed to each other in almost every ...
... period of infancy . " It is remarkable that some of the species , but not all , both of the Cuckoo and Molothrus , should agree in this one strange habit of their para- sitical propagation , whilst opposed to each other in almost every ...
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... period it probably formed the margin of a grand estuary , where the Colorado now flows . In this district , where absolute proofs of the recent elevation of the land occur , such specula- tions can hardly be neglected by any one ...
... period it probably formed the margin of a grand estuary , where the Colorado now flows . In this district , where absolute proofs of the recent elevation of the land occur , such specula- tions can hardly be neglected by any one ...
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... period . From the bones of the Scelido- therium , including even the knee - cap , being intombed in their proper relative positions , and from the osseous armour of the great armadillo - like animal being so well preserved , to- gether ...
... period . From the bones of the Scelido- therium , including even the knee - cap , being intombed in their proper relative positions , and from the osseous armour of the great armadillo - like animal being so well preserved , to- gether ...
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... period of subsidence , of which we have no evidence ) since the great quadrupeds wandered over the surrounding plains ; and the external features of the country must then have been very nearly the same as now . What , it may naturally ...
... period of subsidence , of which we have no evidence ) since the great quadrupeds wandered over the surrounding plains ; and the external features of the country must then have been very nearly the same as now . What , it may naturally ...
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animals appear Archipelago atolls Bahia Blanca barrier-reefs Beagle beautiful believe birds boat Buenos Ayres Cape Captain Fitz Roy capybara cattle Chatham Island Chile Chiloe climate coast cocoa-nut colour common Copiapó coral Cordillera covered curious distance elevation extremely feet forest formed Fuegians Gauchos genus greater number green ground guanaco habits head height hills horses houses hundred Indians inhabitants insects island islets Jemmy Button lagoon land lava living lizards manner miles morning mountains natives nearly night ocean Pampas party passed Patagonia plain plants Plata probably quadrupeds reef remarkable resemble Rio Negro river road rock scarcely scenery seen shells shore side South America southern species spot stone Strait of Magellan stream subsidence summit surface surprised Tahiti Tierra del Fuego tortoise trees valley Van Diemen's Land vegetation volcanic voyage walk whole wild wind wood