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 |
Результаты поиска по книге
Результаты 1 – 5 из 88
Стр. 6
... surface of the stream , it is converted into groups of beautifully radiated fibres resembling arragonite . The beds of lava rise in successive gently - sloping plains , towards the interior , whence the deluges of melted stone have ...
... surface of the stream , it is converted into groups of beautifully radiated fibres resembling arragonite . The beds of lava rise in successive gently - sloping plains , towards the interior , whence the deluges of melted stone have ...
Стр. 9
... surface of the fronds is Lee sc beautifully glossy ; and those parts formed where fully exposed to the light , are of a jet black colour , but those shaded under ledges are only grey . I have shown specimens of this incrusta- tion to ...
... surface of the fronds is Lee sc beautifully glossy ; and those parts formed where fully exposed to the light , are of a jet black colour , but those shaded under ledges are only grey . I have shown specimens of this incrusta- tion to ...
Стр. 13
... surface becomes far more distended than the upper ; and the fish , in consequence , floats with its back downwards . Cuvier doubts whether the Diodon in this position is able to swim ; but not only can it thus move forward in a straight ...
... surface becomes far more distended than the upper ; and the fish , in consequence , floats with its back downwards . Cuvier doubts whether the Diodon in this position is able to swim ; but not only can it thus move forward in a straight ...
Стр. 14
... surface of the water , as it appeared under a weak lens , seemed as if covered by chopped bits of hay , with their ends jagged . These are minute cylindrical confervæ , in bundles or rafts of from twenty to sixty in each . Mr. Berkeley ...
... surface of the water , as it appeared under a weak lens , seemed as if covered by chopped bits of hay , with their ends jagged . These are minute cylindrical confervæ , in bundles or rafts of from twenty to sixty in each . Mr. Berkeley ...
Стр. 24
... surface of foliage , previously heated by the sun's rays . While staying at this estate , I was very nearly being an eye- witness to one of those atrocious acts which can only take place in a slave country . Owing to a quarrel and a law ...
... surface of foliage , previously heated by the sun's rays . While staying at this estate , I was very nearly being an eye- witness to one of those atrocious acts which can only take place in a slave country . Owing to a quarrel and a law ...
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
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
Популярные отрывки
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?