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.D. Appleton, 1871 - Всего страниц: 519 |
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... Rio Negro - Estancias attacked by the Indians -Salt Lakes - Flamingoes - R . Negro to R. Colorado - Sacred Tree - Patagonian Hare- Indian Families - General Rosas - Proceed to Bahia Blanca - Sand Dunes - Negro Lieute- nant - Bahia ...
... Rio Negro - Estancias attacked by the Indians -Salt Lakes - Flamingoes - R . Negro to R. Colorado - Sacred Tree - Patagonian Hare- Indian Families - General Rosas - Proceed to Bahia Blanca - Sand Dunes - Negro Lieute- nant - Bahia ...
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... bottle , which stood on the chimney - piece , was coated with bright metallic particles , which adhered as firmly as if they had been enamelled . The 1833. ] ARRIVE AT RIO NEGRO . 63 CHAPTER IV 62 [ CHAP . III . MALDONADO .
... bottle , which stood on the chimney - piece , was coated with bright metallic particles , which adhered as firmly as if they had been enamelled . The 1833. ] ARRIVE AT RIO NEGRO . 63 CHAPTER IV 62 [ CHAP . III . MALDONADO .
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... RIO NEGRO . 63 CHAPTER IV . Rio Negro - Estancias attacked by the Indians - Salt Lakes - Flamingoes-- R.Negro to R. Colorado - Sacred Tree - Patagonian Hare - Indian Families -General Rosas - Proceed to Bahia Blanca - Sand Dunes - Negro ...
... RIO NEGRO . 63 CHAPTER IV . Rio Negro - Estancias attacked by the Indians - Salt Lakes - Flamingoes-- R.Negro to R. Colorado - Sacred Tree - Patagonian Hare - Indian Families -General Rosas - Proceed to Bahia Blanca - Sand Dunes - Negro ...
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... - trees , and the flat headlands , * The corral is an enclosure made of tall and strong stakes . Every estancia , or farming estate , has one attached to it . 1833. ] SALT - LAKES OR SALINAS . 65 seen € 4 [ CHAP . IV . RIO NEGRO .
... - trees , and the flat headlands , * The corral is an enclosure made of tall and strong stakes . Every estancia , or farming estate , has one attached to it . 1833. ] SALT - LAKES OR SALINAS . 65 seen € 4 [ CHAP . IV . RIO NEGRO .
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... of food - probably for the worms which burrow in the mud ; and these latter probably feed * Report of the Agricult Chem . Assoc . in the Agricult . Gazette , 1845 , r . 93 . 1833. ] R. NEGRO TO R. COLORADO . 67 on 68 [ CHAP . IV RIO NEGRO .
... of food - probably for the worms which burrow in the mud ; and these latter probably feed * Report of the Agricult Chem . Assoc . in the Agricult . Gazette , 1845 , r . 93 . 1833. ] R. NEGRO TO R. COLORADO . 67 on 68 [ CHAP . IV RIO NEGRO .
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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 Chonos Archipelago cliffs climate coast colour common Copiapó corals Cordillera covered curious distance earthquake elevation extremely feet forest formed Fuegians 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 scarcely scenery 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. 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. 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...
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. 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. 377 - Considering the small size of these islands, we feel the more astonished at the number of their aboriginal beings, and at their confined range. Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the...
Стр. 230 - At present, even a piece of cloth given to one is torn into shreds and distributed; and no one individual becomes richer than another. On the other hand, it is difficult to understand how a chief can arise till there is property of some sort by which he might manifest his superiority and increase his power. I believe, in this extreme part of South America, man exists in a lower state of improvement than in any other part of the world.
Стр. 186 - In the case of any bird soaring, its motion must be sufficiently rapid, so that the action of the inclined surface of its body on the atmosphere may counterbalance its gravity. The force to keep up the momentum of a body moving in a horizontal plane in that fluid (in which there is so little friction) cannot be great; and this force is all that is wanted. The movement of the neck and body of the Condor, we must suppose, is sufficient for this.
Стр. 91 - ... 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
Стр. 162 - The vessel drove before her bows two billows of liquid phosphorus, and in her wake she was followed by a milky train.