My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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... RIO NEGRO • AGE 20 ( From observations made in the years 1851 and 1852 by Alfred R. Wallace ) ENLARGED MAP OF THE RIVER UAUPÉS ALFRED R. WALLACE . 1853 . ( From a photograph by Mr. Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS ( Where I ...
... RIO NEGRO • AGE 20 ( From observations made in the years 1851 and 1852 by Alfred R. Wallace ) ENLARGED MAP OF THE RIVER UAUPÉS ALFRED R. WALLACE . 1853 . ( From a photograph by Mr. Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS ( Where I ...
Page xiv
... RIO NEGRO : ( From drawings by A. R. Wallace ) • To face p . 249 99 251 264 " " • I. CYNODON SCOMBROIDES . FAM . CHARACINIDÆ ( One - fourth natural size ) 2. XIPHOSTOMA LATERISTRIGA . FAM . CHARA- " " 285 CINIDE ( One - third natural ...
... RIO NEGRO : ( From drawings by A. R. Wallace ) • To face p . 249 99 251 264 " " • I. CYNODON SCOMBROIDES . FAM . CHARACINIDÆ ( One - fourth natural size ) 2. XIPHOSTOMA LATERISTRIGA . FAM . CHARA- " " 285 CINIDE ( One - third natural ...
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... Rio Negro , he returned to Para on his way home , where he caught yellow fever , and died in a few days at the early age of twenty - two . He was the only member of our family who had a considerable gift of poesy , and was probably more ...
... Rio Negro , he returned to Para on his way home , where he caught yellow fever , and died in a few days at the early age of twenty - two . He was the only member of our family who had a considerable gift of poesy , and was probably more ...
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... Rio Negro , " a cheap edition of which is comprised in " The Minerva Library of Famous Books . " In order that no large gap may occur in these memories of my life , I will give here a general outline of my travels , with such incidental ...
... Rio Negro , " a cheap edition of which is comprised in " The Minerva Library of Famous Books . " In order that no large gap may occur in these memories of my life , I will give here a general outline of my travels , with such incidental ...
Page 281
... Rio Negro we found a strange and even now unaccountable poverty both in insects and birds , although there was fine virgin forest within a walk , with roads and paths and fine rocky streams . All seemed barren and lifeless as compared ...
... Rio Negro we found a strange and even now unaccountable poverty both in insects and birds , although there was fine virgin forest within a walk , with roads and paths and fine rocky streams . All seemed barren and lifeless as compared ...
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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 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 stayed surveying Ternate thought tion told took town tropical Uaupés valley various village voyage walk Wallace week Welsh whole wood