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 Roy, Объемы 1-2Harper & Brothers, 1846 - Всего страниц: 336 |
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... travelling had made so little im- pression 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 after- wards glad of our mistake . Fuentes is a ...
... travelling had made so little im- pression 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 after- wards glad of our mistake . Fuentes is a ...
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... Travelling onwards , we passed through tracts of pasturage , much injured by the enormous conical ants ' nests , which were nearly twelve feet high . They gave to the plain exactly the appearance of the mud volcanoes at Jorullo , as ...
... Travelling onwards , we passed through tracts of pasturage , much injured by the enormous conical ants ' nests , which were nearly twelve feet high . They gave to the plain exactly the appearance of the mud volcanoes at Jorullo , as ...
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... travelling we ar- rived at Socêgo , the estate of Senhor Manuel Figui- reda , a relation of one of our party . The house was simple , and , though like a barn in form , was well suited to the climate . In the sitting - room gilded ...
... travelling we ar- rived at Socêgo , the estate of Senhor Manuel Figui- reda , a relation of one of our party . The house was simple , and , though like a barn in form , was well suited to the climate . In the sitting - room gilded ...
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... travelled more than four hundred miles , from the Andes . The surface is everywhere 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 everywhere 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 de- serves 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 de- serves 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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animals appearance Archipelago atolls Bahia Blanca Banda Oriental barrier-reefs Beagle birds Buenos Ayres Cape Captain Fitz Roy capybara cattle Chile Chiloe cliffs climate coast colour common Copiapó coral Cordillera covered curious distance eggs extreme feet forest Fuegians Gauchos genus greater number guanaco habits head heard height hills horses hundred Indians inhabitants insects island islets Jemmy Button killed kind land lazo legs living Macrauchenia miles Monte Video morning mountains nearly nest never night observed ocean ostrich Pampas party passed Patagonia plain plants Plata Porto Praya probably quadrupeds rain reef remarkable resemble Rio Negro river road rock round salt scarcely seen shells shore side South America southern species spider stones Strait of Magellan stream surface thick Tierra del Fuego tion trees tribe valley vegetation Voyage whole wild wind wood yards
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Стр. 284 - At present, even a piece of cloth given to one is torn into shreds and distributed; and no one individual becomes richer than another. On the other hand, it is difficult to understand how a chief can arise till there is property of some sort by which he might manifest his superiority and increase his power. I believe, in this extreme part of South America, man exists in a lower state of improvement than in any other part of the world.
Стр. 251 - When we were on shore the party looked rather alarmed, but continued talking and making gestures with great rapidity. It was without exception the most curious and interesting spectacle I ever beheld: I could not have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilised man: it is greater than between a wild and domesticated animal, inasmuch as in man there is a greater power of improvement.
Стр. 21 - In England, any person fond of natural history enjoys in his walks a great advantage, by always having something to attract his attention ; but in these fertile climates, teeming with life, the attractions are so numerous that he is scarcely able to walk at all.
Стр. 204 - None can reply— all seems eternal now. The wilderness has a mysterious tongue Which teaches awful doubt,— or faith so mild, So solemn, so serene, that Man may be, But for such faith, with Nature reconciled. Thou hast a voice, great Mountain, to repeal Large codes of fraud and woe; not understood By all, but which the wise and great and good Interpret, or make felt, or deeply feel.