What Darwin Saw in His Voyage Round the World in the Ship BeagleWeathervane Books, 1879 - Всего страниц: 228 |
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... sides of its body . One front leg for a short time scratches up the soil and throws it toward the hind foot , which is well placed so as to heave it beyond the mouth of the hole . That side of the body being tired , the other takes up ...
... sides of its body . One front leg for a short time scratches up the soil and throws it toward the hind foot , which is well placed so as to heave it beyond the mouth of the hole . That side of the body being tired , the other takes up ...
Стр. 64
... side of the pool to the other , at the same instant discoloring the wa ter with a dark chestnut brown ink . These animals also escape detection by a very extraordinary , chameleon - like power of changing their color . They appear to ...
... side of the pool to the other , at the same instant discoloring the wa ter with a dark chestnut brown ink . These animals also escape detection by a very extraordinary , chameleon - like power of changing their color . They appear to ...
Стр. 66
... side to side , in a very odd manner , as if he could only see distinctly out of the lower front part of each eye . This bird is commonly called the jackass - penguin , from its habit , while on shore , of throwing its head back ward ...
... side to side , in a very odd manner , as if he could only see distinctly out of the lower front part of each eye . This bird is commonly called the jackass - penguin , from its habit , while on shore , of throwing its head back ward ...
Стр. 67
... sides of the valley are formed by steep basaltic precipices , the condor reappears . From these facts it seems that the condors require perpendicular cliffs . In Chile they haunt , during the greater part of the year , the lower country ...
... sides of the valley are formed by steep basaltic precipices , the condor reappears . From these facts it seems that the condors require perpendicular cliffs . In Chile they haunt , during the greater part of the year , the lower country ...
Стр. 68
... sides feeding on carrion , the condors frequently attack young goats and lambs ; and the shepherd - dogs are trained , when- ever the birds pass over , to run out , and , looking upward , to bark violently . The Chilenos destroy and ...
... sides feeding on carrion , the condors frequently attack young goats and lambs ; and the shepherd - dogs are trained , when- ever the birds pass over , to run out , and , looking upward , to bark violently . The Chilenos destroy and ...
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afterward animals appear Archipelago ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Australia Bahia Blanca Banda Oriental Beagle Channel birds bizcacha boat body bolas BRAZIL Buenos Ayres Cape Captain Fitz Roy cattle CHILE Chiloe CHONOS ARCHIPELAGO coast cocoa-nut color Concepcion condors Copiapó Cordillera crawled Darwin distance dogs earthquake England English Falkland Islands fire Fuegians GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Gauchos greater number guanaco habit head horse hundred inhabitants jaguar killed land lazo legs Lima living lizards miles mountains naked natives nearly neck Negro nest never night ostriches PACIFIC Pampas Parana party Patagonia plains Plata prey puma Quillota river rock Rosas sailed Santa Cruz savage scarcely seen ship shore side soon South America spider stones Strait of Magellan surprised TAHITI tail Talcahuano thousand feet Tierra del Fuego told tortoises trees URUGUAY Valdivia valley Valparaiso volcano voyage wasp watch waves wild wood yards
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Стр. 82 - 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. 170 - Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man; whether those of Brazil, where the powers of Life are predominant, or those of Tierra del Fuego, where Death and Decay prevail.
Стр. 94 - The language of these people, according to our notions, scarcely deserves to be called articulate. Captain Cook has compared it to a man clearing his throat, but certainly no European ever cleared his throat with so many hoarse, guttural, and clicking sounds.
Стр. 62 - The tortoises, when purposely moving towards any point, travel by night and day, and arrive at their journey's end much sooner than would be expected.
Стр. 54 - The nature of this lizard's food, as well as the structure of its tail and feet, and the fact of its having been seen voluntarily swimming out at sea, absolutely prove its aquatic habits; yet there is in this respect one strange anomaly, namely, that when frightened it will not enter the water.
Стр. 112 - At length they were discovered, and a party of soldiers being sent, the whole were seized with the exception of one old woman, who, sooner than again be led into slavery, dashed herself to pieces from the summit of the mountain. In a Roman matron this would have been called the noble love of freedom : in a poor negress it is mere brutal obstinacy.
Стр. 114 - Near Rio de Janeiro I lived opposite to an old lady who kept screws to crush the fingers of her female slaves. I have stayed in a house where a young household mulatto, daily and hourly, was reviled, beaten, and persecuted enough to break the spirit of the lowest animal.
Стр. 170 - When quietly walking along the shady pathways, and admiring each successive view, I wished to find language to express my ideas. Epithet after epithet was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical regions, the sensation of delight which the mind experiences.
Стр. 101 - Low, a sealing-master intimately acquainted with the natives of this country, give a curious account of the state of a party of one hundred and fifty natives on the west coast, who were very thin and in great distress. A succession of gales prevented the women from getting shell-fish on the rocks, and they could not go out in their canoes to catch seal. A small party of these men one morning set out, and the other Indians explained to him, that they were going a four days...
Стр. 110 - Shortly after passing the first spring we came in sight of a famous tree, which the Indians reverence as the altar of Walleechu. It is situated on a high part of the plain ; and hence is a landmark visible at a great distance. As soon as a tribe of Indians come in sight of it, they offer their adorations by loud shouts. The tree itself is low, much branched, and thorny: just above the root it has a diameter of about three feet.