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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... miles eastward of Porto Praya . Until we reached the valley of St. Martin , the country presented its usual dull brown appearance ; but here , a very small rill of water pro- duces a most refreshing margin of luxuriant vegetation . In ...
... miles eastward of Porto Praya . Until we reached the valley of St. Martin , the country presented its usual dull brown appearance ; but here , a very small rill of water pro- duces a most refreshing margin of luxuriant vegetation . In ...
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... miles from the coast of Africa , and at points sixteen hundred miles distant in a north and south direction . In some dust which was collected on a vessel three hundred miles from the land , I was much surprised to find particles of ...
... miles from the coast of Africa , and at points sixteen hundred miles distant in a north and south direction . In some dust which was collected on a vessel three hundred miles from the land , I was much surprised to find particles of ...
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Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. Charles Darwin. some miles along the coast , and at the height of about forty - five feet above the water . Upon examination , this white stratum is found to consist of calcareous matter , with ...
Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. Charles Darwin. some miles along the coast , and at the height of about forty - five feet above the water . Upon examination , this white stratum is found to consist of calcareous matter , with ...
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... miles distant from the coast of America , and 350 from the island of Fernando Noronha . The highest point is only fifty feet above the level of the sea , and the entire circumference is under three - quarters of a mile . This small ...
... miles distant from the coast of America , and 350 from the island of Fernando Noronha . The highest point is only fifty feet above the level of the sea , and the entire circumference is under three - quarters of a mile . This small ...
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... miles out at sea , and at a considerable depth , was first discovered by the circumstance of fish having been observed in the neighbourhood . FERNANDO NORONHA , Feb. 20th . - As far as I was enabled to observe , during the few hours we ...
... miles out at sea , and at a considerable depth , was first discovered by the circumstance of fish having been observed in the neighbourhood . FERNANDO NORONHA , Feb. 20th . - As far as I was enabled to observe , during the few hours we ...
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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.