Journal of Researches Into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the WorldJ.M. Dent & Company, 1908 - Всего страниц: 496 |
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... Birds , Fish , Reptiles ) , ed . by C. Darwin , 1840-3 . The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs ( First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle ) , 1842 , 1874 . Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands visited ...
... Birds , Fish , Reptiles ) , ed . by C. Darwin , 1840-3 . The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs ( First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle ) , 1842 , 1874 . Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands visited ...
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... Birds , by Mr. Gould ; of the Fish , by the Rev. L. Jenyns ; and of the Reptiles , by Mr. Bell . I have appended to the descriptions of each species an account of its habits and range . These works , which I owe to the high talents and ...
... Birds , by Mr. Gould ; of the Fish , by the Rev. L. Jenyns ; and of the Reptiles , by Mr. Bell . I have appended to the descriptions of each species an account of its habits and range . These works , which I owe to the high talents and ...
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... birds inhabiting the Galapagos Archipelago . The progress of research has shown that some of these birds , which were then thought to be confined to the islands , occur on the American continent . The eminent ornithologist , Mr. Sclater ...
... birds inhabiting the Galapagos Archipelago . The progress of research has shown that some of these birds , which were then thought to be confined to the islands , occur on the American continent . The eminent ornithologist , Mr. Sclater ...
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... bird - Opetiorhynchus - Singular Character of Ornithology - Petrels CHAPTER XIV p . 260 San Carlos , Chiloe - Osorno in ... Birds - Fear of Man , an acquired instinct . P. 357 · CHAPTER XVIII Pass through the Low Archipelago - Tahiti ...
... bird - Opetiorhynchus - Singular Character of Ornithology - Petrels CHAPTER XIV p . 260 San Carlos , Chiloe - Osorno in ... Birds - Fear of Man , an acquired instinct . P. 357 · CHAPTER XVIII Pass through the Low Archipelago - Tahiti ...
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... Birds and Insects - Ebbing and flowing Wells - Fields of dead Coral- Stones transported in the roots of trees - Great Crab - Stinging Corals -Coral - eating fish - Coral Formations - Lagoon Islands , or Atolls- Depth at which reef ...
... Birds and Insects - Ebbing and flowing Wells - Fields of dead Coral- Stones transported in the roots of trees - Great Crab - Stinging Corals -Coral - eating fish - Coral Formations - Lagoon Islands , or Atolls- Depth at which reef ...
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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 Chile Chiloe climate coast colour common Copiapó coral Cordillera covered curious distance earthquake elevation extremely Falkland Islands feet forest formed Fuegians Galapagos Gauchos genus greater number ground guanaco habits head heard height hills horses hundred 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 salt scarcely seen shells shore side snow South America southern species spot stones Strait of Magellan stream summit surface thick Tierra del Fuego trees tribe valley vegetation Voyage whole wild wind wood
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Стр. 316 - 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. 365 - Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really fancy that from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends.
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Стр. 441 - Yet these low, insignificant coral islets stand, and are victorious; for here another power, as an antagonist, takes part in the contest. The organic forces separate the atoms of carbonate of lime one by one from the foaming breakers, and unite them into a symmetrical structure. Let the hurricane tear up its thousand huge fragments, yet what will that tell against the accumulated labour of myriads of architects at work night and day, month after month...
Стр. 65 - The deathlike stillness of the plain, the dogs keeping watch, the gipsy-group of Gauchos making their beds round the fire, have left in my mind a stronglymarked picture of this first night, which will never be forgotten. The next day the country continued similar to that above described.
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Стр. 485 - Traveling 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. 229 - I can only compare these great aquatic forests of the southern hemisphere, with the terrestrial ones in the intertropical regions.
Стр. 412 - I believe we were all glad to leave New Zealand. It is not a pleasant place.
Стр. 1 - The scene, as beheld through the hazy atmosphere of this climate, is one of great interest, — if indeed a person fresh from sea, and who has just walked for the first time in a grove of cocoa-nut trees, can be a judge of anything but his own happiness.