Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the WorldJohn Murray, 1845 - Всего страниц: 519 |
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... remains moist in these salitrales ( as the Spaniards improperly call them , mistaking this substance for saltpetre ) , nothing is to be seen but an extensive plain composed of a black , muddy soil , supporting scattered tufts of ...
... remains moist in these salitrales ( as the Spaniards improperly call them , mistaking this substance for saltpetre ) , nothing is to be seen but an extensive plain composed of a black , muddy soil , supporting scattered tufts of ...
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... remains of gigantic , land - animals em- bedded in it . These have been fully described by Professor Owen , in the Zoology of the voyage of the Beagle , and are depo- sited in the College of Surgeons . I will here give only a brief ...
... remains of gigantic , land - animals em- bedded in it . These have been fully described by Professor Owen , in the Zoology of the voyage of the Beagle , and are depo- sited in the College of Surgeons . I will here give only a brief ...
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... remains of these nine great quadrupeds , and many de- tached bones were found embedded on the beach , within the of ... remains were embedded , contains , ac- cording to Professor Ehrenberg , eight fresh - water and one salt- water ...
... remains of these nine great quadrupeds , and many de- tached bones were found embedded on the beach , within the of ... remains were embedded , contains , ac- cording to Professor Ehrenberg , eight fresh - water and one salt- water ...
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... remains were fresh and united by their ligaments , when deposited in the gravel together with the shells . Hence we have good evidence that the above enumerated gigantic quadrupeds , more different from those of the present day than the ...
... remains were fresh and united by their ligaments , when deposited in the gravel together with the shells . Hence we have good evidence that the above enumerated gigantic quadrupeds , more different from those of the present day than the ...
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... remains , stand only from fifteen to twenty feet above the level of high - water ; and hence the elevation of the land has been small ( without there has been an intercalated period of subsidence , of which we have no evidence ) since ...
... remains , stand only from fifteen to twenty feet above the level of high - water ; and hence the elevation of the land has been small ( without there has been an intercalated period of subsidence , of which we have no evidence ) since ...
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animals appear 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