Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 pagini |
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Pagina viii
... importance of the two main elements - temperature and moisture - in regulating the development of organic life in past epochs , and the influence which they now exercise on the character of the human population , he will admit that a ...
... importance of the two main elements - temperature and moisture - in regulating the development of organic life in past epochs , and the influence which they now exercise on the character of the human population , he will admit that a ...
Pagina ix
... importance to our store of positive knowledge respecting the region described in this volume ; I shall be content if it should be found that I have suggested trains of thought that may lead others to valuable results . I venture ...
... importance to our store of positive knowledge respecting the region described in this volume ; I shall be content if it should be found that I have suggested trains of thought that may lead others to valuable results . I venture ...
Pagina 32
... importance . Although the rise and fall of the tide are very moderate on this coast , the ricketty wooden wharf could not be reached at low water . There was nothing for it but to land on the mud , and scramble up the slippery slope to ...
... importance . Although the rise and fall of the tide are very moderate on this coast , the ricketty wooden wharf could not be reached at low water . There was nothing for it but to land on the mud , and scramble up the slippery slope to ...
Pagina 49
... importance . I know of no collective names by which to distinguish the third range , dividing the valley of the Huallaga from that of the Ucayali , nor the fourth range , forming the eastern boundary of the latter stream . In South Peru ...
... importance . I know of no collective names by which to distinguish the third range , dividing the valley of the Huallaga from that of the Ucayali , nor the fourth range , forming the eastern boundary of the latter stream . In South Peru ...
Pagina 58
... importance of the lesson had been yet fully appre- ciated by those responsible for the naval administra- tion of the great European powers . For the remainder of the day , and during the whole * The only detailed account of the ...
... importance of the lesson had been yet fully appre- ciated by those responsible for the naval administra- tion of the great European powers . For the remainder of the day , and during the whole * The only detailed account of the ...
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