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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... travelling had made so little impression on the barren soil , that we here missed our track , and took that to Fuentes . This we did not find out till we arrived there ; and we were afterwards glad of our mistake . Fuentes is a pretty ...
... travelling had made so little impression on the barren soil , that we here missed our track , and took that to Fuentes . This we did not find out till we arrived there ; and we were afterwards glad of our mistake . Fuentes is a pretty ...
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... travelling we arrived at Socêgo , the estate of Senhor Manuel Figuireda , a relation of one of our varty . The house was simple , and , though like a barn in form , 1832. ] ARRIVAL AT SOCEGO . 23 Every part of 22 [ CHAP . II . RIO DE ...
... travelling we arrived at Socêgo , the estate of Senhor Manuel Figuireda , a relation of one of our varty . The house was simple , and , though like a barn in form , 1832. ] ARRIVAL AT SOCEGO . 23 Every part of 22 [ CHAP . II . RIO DE ...
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... travelled more than four hundred miles , from the Andes . The surface is every- where covered up by a thick bed of gravel , which extends far and wide over the open plain . Water is extremely scarce , and , where found , is almost ...
... travelled more than four hundred miles , from the Andes . The surface is every- where covered up by a thick bed of gravel , which extends far and wide over the open plain . Water is extremely scarce , and , where found , is almost ...
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... travelled slowly , we were two days and a half on the road . The whole line of country deserves scarcely a better name than that of a desert . Water is found only in two small wells ; it is called fresh ; but even at this time of the ...
... travelled slowly , we were two days and a half on the road . The whole line of country deserves scarcely a better name than that of a desert . Water is found only in two small wells ; it is called fresh ; but even at this time of the ...
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... travelling , to ride the loaded horses . The duty of the women is to load and unload the horses ; to make the tents for the night ; in short to be , like the wives of all savages , useful slaves . The men fight , hunt , take care of the ...
... travelling , to ride the loaded horses . The duty of the women is to load and unload the horses ; to make the tents for the night ; in short to be , like the wives of all savages , useful slaves . The men fight , hunt , take care of the ...
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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?