Notes of a Naturalist in South AmericaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 416 pagini |
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Pagina 28
... Ecuador , he had long known this region , and appeared to be on terms of familiar acquaintance with all the strange visitors gathered in the saloons at Panama , from the ex- President of Peru to the negro head - waiter . The latter , as ...
... Ecuador , he had long known this region , and appeared to be on terms of familiar acquaintance with all the strange visitors gathered in the saloons at Panama , from the ex- President of Peru to the negro head - waiter . The latter , as ...
Pagina 35
... Ecuador , " the one larger than Spain , France , and the Low Countries put together , the other equal in extent to the Austrian Empire , and both traversed by mountain ranges varying from fifteen thousand to over eighteen thousand feet ...
... Ecuador , " the one larger than Spain , France , and the Low Countries put together , the other equal in extent to the Austrian Empire , and both traversed by mountain ranges varying from fifteen thousand to over eighteen thousand feet ...
Pagina 36
... Ecuador , the modified descendants of vegetable types characteristic of the Andes . Of the Andean flora I shall have something to say in a future page ; but I may express the belief that if we go back to the remote period when most of ...
... Ecuador , the modified descendants of vegetable types characteristic of the Andes . Of the Andean flora I shall have something to say in a future page ; but I may express the belief that if we go back to the remote period when most of ...
Pagina 40
... Ecuador includes every variety of climate , and is in great part thoroughly suited to Europeans . All tropical products are obtainable , and , with good ALLIGATORS OF THE RIVER GUAYAS . 41 management and kindly 40 NOTES OF A NATURALIST .
... Ecuador includes every variety of climate , and is in great part thoroughly suited to Europeans . All tropical products are obtainable , and , with good ALLIGATORS OF THE RIVER GUAYAS . 41 management and kindly 40 NOTES OF A NATURALIST .
Pagina 49
... Ecuador and Colombia ? Whence the absolute contrast in point of climate that exists between these regions ? Why is the littoral zone between the Gulf of Guayaquil and that of Panama , a distance of some eight hundred miles , not merely ...
... Ecuador and Colombia ? Whence the absolute contrast in point of climate that exists between these regions ? Why is the littoral zone between the Gulf of Guayaquil and that of Panama , a distance of some eight hundred miles , not merely ...
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