The Voyage of the BeagleP.F. Collier, 1909 - Всего страниц: 547 This is Charles Darwin's chronicle of his five-year journey, beginning in 1831, around the world as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. |
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... extremely merry ; and everything we said or did was followed by their hearty laughter . Before leaving the town we visited the cathedral . It does not appear so rich as the smaller church , but boasts of a little organ , which sent ...
... extremely merry ; and everything we said or did was followed by their hearty laughter . Before leaving the town we visited the cathedral . It does not appear so rich as the smaller church , but boasts of a little organ , which sent ...
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... extremely wary , and could not be approached . They avoided us , like partridges on a rainy day in September , running with their heads cocked up ; and if pursued , they readily took to the wing . The scenery of St. Domingo possesses a ...
... extremely wary , and could not be approached . They avoided us , like partridges on a rainy day in September , running with their heads cocked up ; and if pursued , they readily took to the wing . The scenery of St. Domingo possesses a ...
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... extremely hot , and the reflection of the light and heat from the white sand was very distressing . We dined at Mandetiba ; the thermometer in the shade being 84 ° . The beautiful view of the distant wooded hills , reflected in the ...
... extremely hot , and the reflection of the light and heat from the white sand was very distressing . We dined at Mandetiba ; the thermometer in the shade being 84 ° . The beautiful view of the distant wooded hills , reflected in the ...
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... extremely difficult to preserve these Planariæ ; as soon as the cessation of life allows the ordi- nary laws of change to act , their entire bodies become soft and fluid , with a rapidity which I have never seen equalled . I first ...
... extremely difficult to preserve these Planariæ ; as soon as the cessation of life allows the ordi- nary laws of change to act , their entire bodies become soft and fluid , with a rapidity which I have never seen equalled . I first ...
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... extremely few numbers within the tropics : this is the more remarkable when compared to the case of the car- nivorous quadrupeds , which are so abundant in hot coun- tries . I was struck with this observation both on entering Brazil ...
... extremely few numbers within the tropics : this is the more remarkable when compared to the case of the car- nivorous quadrupeds , which are so abundant in hot coun- tries . I was struck with this observation both on entering Brazil ...
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Стр. 349 - 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. 530 - 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. 22 - The day has passed delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest.
Стр. 405 - 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 tortoises, therefore, which frequent the lower districts, when thirsty, are obliged to travel from a long distance. Hence broad and well-beaten paths branch off...
Стр. 324 - Shortly after the shock, a great wave was seen from the distance of three or four miles, approaching in the middle of the bay with a smooth outline; but along the shore it tore up cottages and trees, as it swept onwards with irresistible force. At the head of the bay it broke in a fearful line of white breakers, which rushed up to a height of twenty-three vertical feet above the highest spring-tides. Their force must have been prodigious; for at the Fort a cannon with its carriage, estimated at four...
Стр. 530 - Tierra del Fuego, where Death and Decay prevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature :—no one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.
Стр. 407 - The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a person walking close behind them. I was always amused, when overtaking one of these great monsters as it was quietly pacing along, to see how suddenly, the instant I passed, it would draw in its head and legs, and uttering a deep hiss fall to the ground with a heavy sound, as if struck dead. I frequently got on their backs, and then, upon giving a few raps on the hinder part of the shell, they would rise...
Стр. 405 - Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these huge creatures, one set eagerly travelling onwards with outstretched necks, and another set returning, after having drunk their fill.
Стр. 5 - I have always felt that I owe to ; the voyage the first real training or education of my mind; I was led to attend closely to several branches of natural history, and thus my powers of observation were improved, though they were always fairly developed.
Стр. 220 - 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.