Journal of Researches Into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the WorldJ.M. Dent & Company, 1908 - Всего страниц: 496 |
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... floor of salt , two and three feet in thickness , even when under water during the winter . One of these 1 The hovels of the Indians are thus called . brilliantly - white and level expanses , in the midst Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca 61.
... floor of salt , two and three feet in thickness , even when under water during the winter . One of these 1 The hovels of the Indians are thus called . brilliantly - white and level expanses , in the midst Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca 61.
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... Rio Negro , between it and the inhabited country near Buenos Ayres , the Spaniards have only one small settlement , recently established at Bahia Blanca . The distance in a straight line to Buenos Ayres is ... Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca 63.
... Rio Negro , between it and the inhabited country near Buenos Ayres , the Spaniards have only one small settlement , recently established at Bahia Blanca . The distance in a straight line to Buenos Ayres is ... Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca 63.
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... Rio Negro , broad as it is , has merely been excavated out of the sandstone plain ; for immediately above the bank on which the town stands , a level country commences , which is interrupted only by a few trifling valleys and ...
... Rio Negro , broad as it is , has merely been excavated out of the sandstone plain ; for immediately above the bank on which the town stands , a level country commences , which is interrupted only by a few trifling valleys and ...
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... Rio Colorado , when the Indian commenced making the same loud noise , which is usual at the first sight of the distant tree ; putting his hand to his head , and then pointing in the direction of the Sierra ... Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca 65.
... Rio Colorado , when the Indian commenced making the same loud noise , which is usual at the first sight of the distant tree ; putting his hand to his head , and then pointing in the direction of the Sierra ... Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca 65.
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... Negro , Indian , and Spaniard . I know not the reason , but men of such origin seldom have a good expression of countenance . I called on the Secretary to show my passport . He began to cross - question me in ... Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca 67.
... Negro , Indian , and Spaniard . I know not the reason , but men of such origin seldom have a good expression of countenance . I called on the Secretary to show my passport . He began to cross - question me in ... Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca 67.
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animals appearance archipelago atolls Bahia Blanca barrier-reefs Beagle Beagle Channel believe birds boat Buenos Ayres Cape Captain Fitz Roy capybara cattle Chile Chiloe climate coast colour common Copiapó coral Cordillera covered curious distance earthquake elevation extremely Falkland Islands feet forest formed Fuegians Galapagos 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 salt scarcely 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. 316 - 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. 365 - 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.
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Стр. 441 - Yet these low, insignificant coral islets stand, and are victorious; for here another power, as an antagonist, takes part in the contest. The organic forces separate the atoms of carbonate of lime one by one from the foaming breakers, and unite them into a symmetrical structure. Let the hurricane tear up its thousand huge fragments, yet what will that tell against the accumulated labour of myriads of architects at work night and day, month after month...
Стр. 65 - The deathlike stillness of the plain, the dogs keeping watch, the gipsy-group of Gauchos making their beds round the fire, have left in my mind a stronglymarked picture of this first night, which will never be forgotten. The next day the country continued similar to that above described.
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Стр. 485 - Traveling ought also to teach him distrust; but at the same time he will discover how many truly kind-hearted people there are with whom he never before had, or ever again will have, any further communication, who yet are ready to offer him the most disinterested assistance.
Стр. 229 - I can only compare these great aquatic forests of the southern hemisphere, with the terrestrial ones in the intertropical regions.
Стр. 412 - I believe we were all glad to leave New Zealand. It is not a pleasant place.
Стр. 1 - The scene, as beheld through the hazy atmosphere of this climate, is one of great interest, — if indeed a person fresh from sea, and who has just walked for the first time in a grove of cocoa-nut trees, can be a judge of anything but his own happiness.