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-Fitz Roy, R. N.Murray, 1876 - Всего страниц: 519 |
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... close to the island of St. Paul's . This cluster of rocks is situated in 0 ° 58 ′ north latitude , and 29 ° 15 ′ west longitude . It is 540 miles distant from the coast of America , and 350 from the island of Fernando Noronha . The ...
... close to the island of St. Paul's . This cluster of rocks is situated in 0 ° 58 ′ north latitude , and 29 ° 15 ′ west longitude . It is 540 miles distant from the coast of America , and 350 from the island of Fernando Noronha . The ...
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... close similarity with living sea - shells . Moreover in sea - shells , it is known that the parts habitually covered and shaded by the inantle of the animal , are of a paler colour than those fully ex- posed to the light , just as is ...
... close similarity with living sea - shells . Moreover in sea - shells , it is known that the parts habitually covered and shaded by the inantle of the animal , are of a paler colour than those fully ex- posed to the light , just as is ...
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... close beneath the well - known mountain of the Corcovado . It has been remarked , with much truth , that abruptly conical hills are characteristic of the formation which Humboldt designates as gneiss - granite . Nothing can be more ...
... close beneath the well - known mountain of the Corcovado . It has been remarked , with much truth , that abruptly conical hills are characteristic of the formation which Humboldt designates as gneiss - granite . Nothing can be more ...
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... close to the town . A few hedges , made of cacti and agave , mark out where some wheat or Indian corn has been planted . The features of the country are very similar along the whole northern bank of the Plata . The only difference is ...
... close to the town . A few hedges , made of cacti and agave , mark out where some wheat or Indian corn has been planted . The features of the country are very similar along the whole northern bank of the Plata . The only difference is ...
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... close to a cross , the record of a former murder . On the first night we slept at a retired little country - house ; and there I soon found out that I possessed two or three articles , especially a pocket compass , which created ...
... close to a cross , the record of a former murder . On the first night we slept at a retired little country - house ; and there I soon found out that I possessed two or three articles , especially a pocket compass , which created ...
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animals appear archipelago atolls Bahia Blanca barrier-reefs Beagle Beagle Channel birds boat Buenos Ayres Cape Captain Fitz Roy capybara cattle Chile Chiloe climate coast colour common Copiapó corals Cordillera Crown 8vo curious distance earthquake Edition elevation English extremely Fcap feet forest formed Fuegians Gauchos geology greater number ground guanaco habits head height hills horses hundred Illustrations Indians inhabitants insects island islets Jemmy Button land living manner miles morning mountains natives nearly night observed ocean Pampas party passed Patagonia plain plants Plata Portrait Post 8vo probably quadrupeds Quillota rain reef remarkable Rio Negro river road rock scarcely seen shells shore side snow South America southern species spot stones Strait of Magellan stream summit surface thick Tierra del Fuego Travels trees tribe valley vegetation volcanic Vols Voyage whole wild wind wood Woodcuts
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Стр. 329 - 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. 205 - 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. 213 - These poor wretches were stunted in their growth, Jlieir_Mdeous faces bedaubed with white paint, their skins filthy and greasy, their hair entangled, their voices discordant, and their gestures violent. Viewing such men, one can hardly make oneself believe that they are fellow-creatures, and inhabitants of the same world.
Стр. 377 - Most of the organic productions are aboriginal creations, found nowhere else ; there is even a difference between the inhabitants o?~tHe"dTfferent islands ; yet all show a marked relationship with those of America, though separated from that continent by an open space of ocean, between 500 and 600 miles in width.
Стр. 414 - ... been greatly reduced by the introduction of Christianity. In a voyager to forget these things is base ingratitude ; for should he chance to be at the point of shipwreck on some unknown coast, he will most devoutly pray that the lesson of the missionary may have extended thus far.
Стр. 503 - Pampas, which are serviceable to mankind, produced an equal impression? I can scarcely analyze these feelings : but it must be partly owing to the free scope given to the imagination. The plains of Patagonia are boundless, for they are scarcely passable, and hence unknown : they bear the stamp of having lasted, as they are now, for ages, and there appears no limit to their duration through future time.
Стр. 380 - 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.
Стр. 21 - MACGREGOR (J.)- Rob Roy on the Jordan, Nile, Red Sea, Gennesareth, &c. A Canoe Cruise in Palestine and Egypt and the Waters of Damascus.
Стр. 503 - Tierra del Fuego, where Death and Decay prevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature : — no one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.
Стр. 91 - ... and for some time afterwards accompanies the young. The cock when on the nest lies very close; I have myself almost ridden over one. It is asserted that at such times they are occasionally fierce, and even dangerous, and that they have been known to attack a man on horseback, trying to kick and leap on him. My informer pointed out to me an old man, whom he had seen much terrified by one chasing him. I observe in Burchell's Travels in South Africa, that he remarks, "Having killed a male ostrich,...