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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... period when its horns are perfect , or free from the hairy skin . When in this state the meat is , of course , quite uneatable ; but the Gauchos assert , that if buried for some time in fresh earth , the taint is removed . I have ...
... period when its horns are perfect , or free from the hairy skin . When in this state the meat is , of course , quite uneatable ; but the Gauchos assert , that if buried for some time in fresh earth , the taint is removed . I have ...
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... period of infancy . " It is remarkable that some of the species , but not all , both of the Cuckoo and Molothrus , should agree in this one strange habit of their parasitical propa- gation , whilst opposed to each other in almost every ...
... period of infancy . " It is remarkable that some of the species , but not all , both of the Cuckoo and Molothrus , should agree in this one strange habit of their parasitical propa- gation , whilst opposed to each other in almost every ...
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... period , it probably formed the margin of a grand estuary , where the Colorado now flows . In this district , where absolute proofs of the recent elevation of the land occur , such speculations can hardly be neglected by any one ...
... period , it probably formed the margin of a grand estuary , where the Colorado now flows . In this district , where absolute proofs of the recent elevation of the land occur , such speculations can hardly be neglected by any one ...
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... period . From the bones of the Scelidotherium , including even the knee - cap , being intombed in their proper relative positions , and from the osseous armour of the great armadillo - like animal being so well preserved , together with ...
... period . From the bones of the Scelidotherium , including even the knee - cap , being intombed in their proper relative positions , and from the osseous armour of the great armadillo - like animal being so well preserved , together with ...
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... period of subsidence , of which we have no evidence ) since the great quadrupeds wandered over the sur- rounding plains ; and the external features of the country must then have been very nearly the same as now . What , it may natu ...
... period of subsidence , of which we have no evidence ) since the great quadrupeds wandered over the sur- rounding plains ; and the external features of the country must then have been very nearly the same as now . What , it may natu ...
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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?