Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 pagini |
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Pagina vii
... aspects of nature , organic and inorganic , which South America superabundantly presents to the stranger , I have not thought it without interest to give in these pages the impressions as to the social and political condition of the.
... aspects of nature , organic and inorganic , which South America superabundantly presents to the stranger , I have not thought it without interest to give in these pages the impressions as to the social and political condition of the.
Pagina 21
... give rise to storms of dangerous violence . These , however , rarely if ever occur during the spring months . It may be that , on the meeting of contrary currents of unequal temperature , the ordinary result is that the warmer current ...
... give rise to storms of dangerous violence . These , however , rarely if ever occur during the spring months . It may be that , on the meeting of contrary currents of unequal temperature , the ordinary result is that the warmer current ...
Pagina 23
... give a measure of the difficulties to be encountered , or of the outlay required to overcome them . Engineers may doubtless calculate with sufficient accuracy the number of millions of cubic yards of rock or earth that must be removed ...
... give a measure of the difficulties to be encountered , or of the outlay required to overcome them . Engineers may doubtless calculate with sufficient accuracy the number of millions of cubic yards of rock or earth that must be removed ...
Pagina 33
... first ten minutes I had gathered specimens of seven species , all of them but one large shrubs . Of the climbers and parasites that give its most distinctive features to the D tropical forest , I could in so hurried a peep.
... first ten minutes I had gathered specimens of seven species , all of them but one large shrubs . Of the climbers and parasites that give its most distinctive features to the D tropical forest , I could in so hurried a peep.
Pagina 53
... give rise to a new detached islet . A brisk southerly breeze made the air feel cooler than it had done since we entered the tropics , as we ran about due south until sunset , when , after passing abreast of the promontory of Ajulla ...
... give rise to a new detached islet . A brisk southerly breeze made the air feel cooler than it had done since we entered the tropics , as we ran about due south until sunset , when , after passing abreast of the promontory of Ajulla ...
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