My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideGregg, 1969 - 916 pages |
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Page 285
... forests , but seems to be nowhere so marked a feature as in the great forest regions which encircle the globe for a few degrees on each side of the equator . An equatorial forest is a kind of natural arboretum where speci- mens of an ...
... forests , but seems to be nowhere so marked a feature as in the great forest regions which encircle the globe for a few degrees on each side of the equator . An equatorial forest is a kind of natural arboretum where speci- mens of an ...
Page 286
... native state and when living under European supervision . The true denizen of the Amazonian forests , like the forest itself , is unique and not to be forgotten . H. E. WALLACE . AGE 8 . [ To face 288 [ CHAP . XVIII ] MY LIFE.
... native state and when living under European supervision . The true denizen of the Amazonian forests , like the forest itself , is unique and not to be forgotten . H. E. WALLACE . AGE 8 . [ To face 288 [ CHAP . XVIII ] MY LIFE.
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... Forest had been acquired by the Corporation of London , a superintendent was to be appointed to see to its protection and improvement while preserving its " natural aspect " in accordance with the Act of Parliament which restored it to ...
... Forest had been acquired by the Corporation of London , a superintendent was to be appointed to see to its protection and improvement while preserving its " natural aspect " in accordance with the Act of Parliament which restored it to ...
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A. R. Wallace acquaintance afterwards Amazon animals Aru Islands beautiful beetles birds of paradise boys Brecknockshire brother butterflies called character collections colour Darwin delight England English fact father feet forest garden gave George Silk give Greenell half heard Hertford Hoddesdon hundred insects interesting island journey kind land learnt letter lived London look Malacca Malay Archipelago miles Moluccas months mountain native Natural Selection nature nearly Neath never obtained origin of species paper parish perhaps plants portion Radnorshire remark remember Rio Negro river rock Sarawak seemed seen side Singapore Sir Charles sister sketch slope soon Sorong species surveying Ternate thought tion told took town tropical Uaupés valley various village voyage walk Wallace week Welsh whole wood