The tortoise is very fond of water, drinking large quantities and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands alone possess springs, and these are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable height. The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]. - Стр. 69авторы: Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1843 - Страниц: 1040
...berry (cafled guayavita) which is u-id and austere, and likewise a pale green filamentous .'u-hen. that hangs in tresses from the boughs of the trees....and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands alone -i>ss*>ss springs, and these are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable elevation.... | |
| Popular history - 1843 - Страниц: 434
...of berry called guayavita, which is acid and austere, and likewise a pale green filamentous lichen, that hangs in tresses from the boughs of the trees....quantities, and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands pounds, and measures in length, over the curve of the dorsal shell, 3 feet 8 J inches, and along the... | |
| 1843 - Страниц: 524
...of berry (called guayavita) which is acid and austere, and likewise a pale green filamentous lichen, that hangs in tresses from the boughs of the trees....of water, drinking large quantities, and wallowing m the mud. The larger islands alone possess springs, and these are always situated towards the central... | |
| 1850 - Страниц: 602
...wallowing in the mud when they find it. The larger islands alone, it appears, possess springs, which are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable elevation. The tortoises which frequent the lower districts are therefore obliged, when thirsty, to travel from a long distance.... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1846 - Страниц: 716
...guayavita) which is acid and austere, and likewise a pale-green filamentous lichen (Usnera plicata), that hangs in tresses from the boughs of the trees....The larger islands alone possess springs, and these aie always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable height. The tortoises, therefore,... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1850 - Страниц: 308
...berry (called guayavita), which is acid and austere, and likewise a pale green filamentous lichen, that hangs in tresses from the boughs of the trees....which frequent the lower districts, when thirsty, are obliged to travel from a long distance. Hence, broad and well-beaten paths radiate off in every... | |
| 1850 - Страниц: 600
...wallowing in the mud when they find it. The larger islands alone, it appears, possess springs, which are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable elevation. The tortoises which frequent the lower districts are therefore obliged, when thirsty, to travel from a long distance.... | |
| 1852 - Страниц: 422
...afford some information concerning the tracks which occur in the sandstone of Dumfriesshire. " This tortoise is very fond of water, drinking large quantities, and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands," speaking of the Galapagos, " alone possess springs, and these are always situated towards the central... | |
| William John Broderip - 1852 - Страниц: 446
...wallowing in the mud when they find it. The larger islands alone, it appears, possess springs, which are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable elevation. The tortoises which frequent the lower districts are therefore obliged, when thirsty, to travel from a long distance.... | |
| William Somerville Orr - 1855 - Страниц: 566
...Mr. Darwin has given the following interesting account of its habits. — " The Tortoise," he says, " is very fond of water, drinking large quantities,...which frequent the lower districts, when thirsty, are obliged to travel from a long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten paths radiate in every direction... | |
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