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 RoyAppleton, 1873 - Всего страниц: 519 |
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... greater share of the prey caught by the fishing - lines . I have heard that a rock near the Bermudas , lying many miles out at sea , and at a considerable depth , was first discovered by the circumstance of fish having been observed in ...
... greater share of the prey caught by the fishing - lines . I have heard that a rock near the Bermudas , lying many miles out at sea , and at a considerable depth , was first discovered by the circumstance of fish having been observed in ...
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... greater part would be absorbed or evaporated before it reached the ground . I will not at present attempt to describe the gaudy scenery of this noble bay , because , in our homeward voyage , we called here a second time , and I shall ...
... greater part would be absorbed or evaporated before it reached the ground . I will not at present attempt to describe the gaudy scenery of this noble bay , because , in our homeward voyage , we called here a second time , and I shall ...
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... greater number of trees , although so lofty , are not more than three or four feet in circumference . There are , of course , a few of much greater dimension . Senhor Manuel was then making a canoe 70 feet in length from a solid trunk ...
... greater number of trees , although so lofty , are not more than three or four feet in circumference . There are , of course , a few of much greater dimension . Senhor Manuel was then making a canoe 70 feet in length from a solid trunk ...
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... greater number of spe- cimens were of Lampyris occidentalis . * I found that this insect emitted the most brilliant flashes when irritated : in the intervals , the abdominal rings were obscured . The flash was almost co- instantaneous ...
... greater number of spe- cimens were of Lampyris occidentalis . * I found that this insect emitted the most brilliant flashes when irritated : in the intervals , the abdominal rings were obscured . The flash was almost co- instantaneous ...
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... greater distance all colours were blended into a most beautiful haze , of a pale French grey , mingled with a little blue . The condition of the atmos- phere between the morning and about noon , when the effect was most evident , had ...
... greater distance all colours were blended into a most beautiful haze , of a pale French grey , mingled with a little blue . The condition of the atmos- phere between the morning and about noon , when the effect was most evident , had ...
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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
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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. 375 - Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a period, geologically recent, the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact — that mystery of mysteries — the first appearance of new beings on this earth.
Стр. 213 - These poor wretches were stunted in their growth, their hideous 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 one's self believe that they are fellow-creatures, and inhabitants of the same world.
Стр. 501 - Why have not the still more level, the greener and more fertile 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. 378 - 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. 317 - ... such masses. But, on the other hand, when listening to the rattling noise of these torrents, and calling to mind that whole races of animals have passed away from the face of the earth, and that during this whole period, night and day, these stones have gone rattling onwards in their course, I have thought to myself, can any mountains, any continent, withstand such waste?