 | Aristotle - 1882 - Страниц: 316
...describes them as wearing broad and well-beaten paths to the springs in Chatham Island, and adds : " Near the springs it was a curious specta'cle to behold...of these huge creatures, one set eagerly travelling onwards with outstretched necks, and another set returning after having drunk their fill. When the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1889 - Страниц: 628
...considerable height. The tortoises, therefore, which frequent the lower districts, when thirsty are obliged to travel from a long distance. Hence broad and wellbeaten...first discovered the watering-places. When I landed at N Chatham Island, I could not imagine what animal travelled so methodically along well-chosen tracks.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1890 - Страниц: 646
...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...imagine what animal travelled so methodically along xvii* GREAT TORTOISE 409 well-chosen tracks. Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold... | |
 | James Hutchison Stirling - 1890 - Страниц: 440
...tortoises have " broad and well-beaten paths in every direction from the wells down to the sea-coast: 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." " I frequently... | |
 | James Hutchison Stirling - 1890 - Страниц: 440
...tortoises have " broad and well-beaten paths in every direction from the wells down to the sea-coast : 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." " I frequently... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1895 - Страниц: 462
...down to the sea coasts, and the Spaniards by following them up first discovered the watering-places. Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these great monsters; one set eagerly travelling onwards with outstretched necks, and another set returning,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - Страниц: 542
...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...following them up, first discovered the watering-places. AVhen I landed at Chatham Island, 1 could not imagine what animal travelled so methodically along wellchosen... | |
 | 1897 - Страниц: 1016
...Chatham Island," writes Mr. Darwin, "I could not imagine what animal travelled so methodically along the wellchosen tracks. Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these great monsters, — one set eagerly travelling onwards with outstretched uecks, and another set returning... | |
 | John George Wood - 1898 - Страниц: 360
...considerable elevation. Hence broad and well-beaten paths radiate in every direction from the wells, even down to the sea-coast ; and the Spaniards, by following...them up, first discovered the watering-places. " When landed at Chatham Island, I could not imagine what animal travelled so methodically along the well-beaten... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1905 - Страниц: 1076
...long distance. Hence broad and wellbeaten paths radiate off from the wells even down to the seacoast. Near the springs it was a curious spectacle to behold many of these great monsters ; one set eagerly traveling onward with outstretched necks, and another set returning,... | |
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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. 
