Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 pagini |
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... rising against the horizon , the Southern Cross and the Magellanic clouds , the reversed apparent motion of the sun from right to left - none of them very marvellous as mere observed facts — are so many keys that unlock the closed - up ...
... rising against the horizon , the Southern Cross and the Magellanic clouds , the reversed apparent motion of the sun from right to left - none of them very marvellous as mere observed facts — are so many keys that unlock the closed - up ...
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... rising to 70 ° , nor falling below 52 ° . Notwithstanding the relatively low temperature , a few flying - fish were seen on the 24th - rare , it is said , outside the tropics so early in the year , though sometimes seen in summer as far ...
... rising to 70 ° , nor falling below 52 ° . Notwithstanding the relatively low temperature , a few flying - fish were seen on the 24th - rare , it is said , outside the tropics so early in the year , though sometimes seen in summer as far ...
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... rising of the coveys of flying - fish as the steamer disturbed them from their rest on the surface , with their great silvery fins glancing in the level rays of the sun , was always an attractive sight . They certainly often JACMEL IN ...
... rising of the coveys of flying - fish as the steamer disturbed them from their rest on the surface , with their great silvery fins glancing in the level rays of the sun , was always an attractive sight . They certainly often JACMEL IN ...
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... rising with a view to the massacre of the white population is not an im- possible occurrence , and , however improbable it may appear , there is ample reason for constant vigilance on the part of those responsible for the government of ...
... rising with a view to the massacre of the white population is not an im- possible occurrence , and , however improbable it may appear , there is ample reason for constant vigilance on the part of those responsible for the government of ...
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... Rising out of the horizon at six o'clock , the sun passed exactly through the zenith , and went down perpendicularly in the west into the boundless ocean . Who can wonder that this daily disappearance of the sun has had so large a share ...
... Rising out of the horizon at six o'clock , the sun passed exactly through the zenith , and went down perpendicularly in the west into the boundless ocean . Who can wonder that this daily disappearance of the sun has had so large a share ...
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