A Naturalist's Voyage: Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N.J. Murray, 1889 - Всего страниц: 519 |
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... Inhabitants - Rio Plata - Flocks of Butterflies- Aeronaut Spiders - Phosphorescence of the Sea - Port Desire- Guanaco - Port St. Julian - Geology of Patagonia - Fossil gigantic Animal - Types of Organization constant - Change in the ...
... Inhabitants - Rio Plata - Flocks of Butterflies- Aeronaut Spiders - Phosphorescence of the Sea - Port Desire- Guanaco - Port St. Julian - Geology of Patagonia - Fossil gigantic Animal - Types of Organization constant - Change in the ...
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... Inhabitants - Their moral State -Parliament convened - New Zealand - Bay of Islands - Hippahs -Excursion to Waimate - Missionary Establishment - English Weeds now run wild - Waiomio - Funeral of a New Zealand Woman - Sail for Australia ...
... Inhabitants - Their moral State -Parliament convened - New Zealand - Bay of Islands - Hippahs -Excursion to Waimate - Missionary Establishment - English Weeds now run wild - Waiomio - Funeral of a New Zealand Woman - Sail for Australia ...
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... inhabitants of fresh water . I have found no less than fifteen different accounts of dust having fallen on vessels when far out in the Atlantic . From the direction of the wind whenever it has fallen , and from its having always fallen ...
... inhabitants of fresh water . I have found no less than fifteen different accounts of dust having fallen on vessels when far out in the Atlantic . From the direction of the wind whenever it has fallen , and from its having always fallen ...
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... inhabitants of newly- formed oceanic land . The smallest rock in the tropical seas , by giving a founda- tion for the growth of innumerable kinds of seaweed and compound animals , supports likewise a large number of fish . The sharks ...
... inhabitants of newly- formed oceanic land . The smallest rock in the tropical seas , by giving a founda- tion for the growth of innumerable kinds of seaweed and compound animals , supports likewise a large number of fish . The sharks ...
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... inhabitants are chiefly landowners , together with a few shopkeepers and the necessary tradesmen , such as blacksmiths and carpenters , who do nearly all the business for a circuit of fifty miles round . The town is separated from the ...
... inhabitants are chiefly landowners , together with a few shopkeepers and the necessary tradesmen , such as blacksmiths and carpenters , who do nearly all the business for a circuit of fifty miles round . The town is separated from the ...
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animals appearance archipelago atolls Bahia Blanca barrier-reefs Beagle Beagle Channel believe birds boat Buenos Ayres Cape Captain Fitz Roy capybara cattle Chili Chiloe Chonos Archipelago climate coast colour common Copiapó coral Cordillera covered curious distance earthquake elevation extremely forest formed Fuegians Gauchos genus greater number ground guanaco habits head heard height hills horses hundred feet Indians inhabitants insects island islets Jemmy Button killed kind land living manner mass miles morning mountains natives nearly never night observed ocean Pampas party passed Patagonia plain plants Plata probably quadrupeds Quillota rain reef remarkable resemble Rio Negro river road rock sand scarcely seen shells shore side snow South America southern species spot stones Strait of Magellan stream summit surface thick thousand feet Tierra del Fuego trees tribe valley vegetation voyage whole wild wind wood
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Стр. 397 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound .of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Стр. 456 - Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really 1. Geospiza magnirostris. 3. Geospiza parvula. 2. Geospiza fortis. 4. Certhidea olivacea. fancy that from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends.
Стр. 250 - It was without exception the most curious and interesting spectacle I ever beheld : I could not have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilized man : it is greater than between a wild and domesticated animal, inasmuch as in man there is a greater power of improvement.
Стр. 251 - The language of these people, according to our notions, scarcely deserves to be called articulate. Captain Cook has compared it to a man clearing his throat, but certainly no European ever cleared his throat with so many hoarse, guttural, and clicking sounds.
Стр. 13 - The object of the expedition was to complete the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, commenced under Captain King in 1826 to 1830 — to survey the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific — and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World.
Стр. 369 - Shortly after the shock, a great wave was seen from the distance of three or four miles, approaching in the middle of the bay with a smooth outline ; but along the shore it tore up cottages and trees, as it swept onwards with irresistible force. At the head of the bay it broke in a fearful line of white breakers, which rushed up to a height of 23 vertical feet above the highest springtides. .Their force must have been prodigious ; for at the Fort a cannon with its carriage, estimated at four tons...
Стр. 462 - I was always amused, when overtaking one of these great monsters as it was quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant I passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and uttering a deep hiss fall to the ground with a heavy sound, as if struck dead. I frequently got on their backs, and then, upon giving a few raps on the hinder part of the shell, they would rise up and walk away ; but I found it very difficult to keep my balance.
Стр. 279 - When Jemmy reached the shore, he lighted a signal fire, and the smoke curled up, bidding us a last and long farewell, as the ship stood on her course into the open sea.
Стр. 604 - Travelling ought also to teach him distrust; but, at the same time, he will discover how many truly kind-hearted people there are with whom he never before had, or ever again will have, any further communication, who yet are ready to offer him the most disinterested assistance.
Стр. 460 - Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these huge creatures, one set eagerly travelling onwards with outstretched necks, and another set returning, after having drunk their fill.