Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 pagini |
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Pagina xi
... forest - Guayaquil and the river Guayas - Payta — The rainless zone of Peru - Voyage to Callao PAGE I CHAPTER II . Arrival at Callao - Quarantine - The war between Chili and Peru- Aspect of Lima - General Lynch - Andean railway to ...
... forest - Guayaquil and the river Guayas - Payta — The rainless zone of Peru - Voyage to Callao PAGE I CHAPTER II . Arrival at Callao - Quarantine - The war between Chili and Peru- Aspect of Lima - General Lynch - Andean railway to ...
Pagina xii
... - Visit to Petropolis - Falls of Itamariti -Struggle for existence in a tropical forest - The hermit of Petropolis - Morning view over the Bay of Rio - A gorgeous 248 CONTENTS . xiii flowering shrub - Visit to Tijuca - xii CONTENTS .
... - Visit to Petropolis - Falls of Itamariti -Struggle for existence in a tropical forest - The hermit of Petropolis - Morning view over the Bay of Rio - A gorgeous 248 CONTENTS . xiii flowering shrub - Visit to Tijuca - xii CONTENTS .
Pagina xiii
... forest - Voyage to Bahia and Pernambuco - Equa- torial rains - Fernando Noronha - St . Vincent in the Cape Verde Islands - Trade winds of the North Atlantic - Lisbon- Return to England APPENDIX A. - On the fall of temperature in ...
... forest - Voyage to Bahia and Pernambuco - Equa- torial rains - Fernando Noronha - St . Vincent in the Cape Verde Islands - Trade winds of the North Atlantic - Lisbon- Return to England APPENDIX A. - On the fall of temperature in ...
Pagina 1
... forest - Guayaquil and the river Guayas - Payta - The rainless zone of Peru- Voyage to Callao . A VOYAGE across the Atlantic in a large ocean steamer is now as familiar and as little troublesome as the journey from London to Paris . It ...
... forest - Guayaquil and the river Guayas - Payta - The rainless zone of Peru- Voyage to Callao . A VOYAGE across the Atlantic in a large ocean steamer is now as familiar and as little troublesome as the journey from London to Paris . It ...
Pagina 15
... forest , the trees being of no great size , but of the most brilliant green ; but I could detect no dwellings of a superior class such as Europeans would be sure to construct in picturesque and healthy spots near a seaport . As we ran ...
... forest , the trees being of no great size , but of the most brilliant green ; but I could detect no dwellings of a superior class such as Europeans would be sure to construct in picturesque and healthy spots near a seaport . As we ran ...
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Aconcagua Adelaide Island appearance ascending botanist Brazil Buenos Ayres Callao Cape Froward Cauquenes Central Chili channel Chicla Chilian climate coast continent Cordillera Demy 8vo distance English Europe European excursion Fahr Fcap feet in height flowers forest hills hundred feet inches interest Iquique island land latitude Lima mean temperature metres miles Mollendo morning mountain native naturalist nearly night northern numerous observations Pacific passed passengers Patagonia peaks Peru Peruvian plants Punta Arenas railway rain rainfall range reached region remarkable river rocks Santiago scarcely sea-level season Second Edition seemed seen ship shore shrubs side slight slopes Small crown 8vo snow South America southern hemisphere species station steamer Straits of Magellan stream summit surface thermometer thousand feet tion town travellers trees tropical Uruguay Uspallata Pass valley Valparaiso vegetation voyage weather Wellington Island western zone
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