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1848 . . . . . . 264 ( From a daguerrotype ) FISHES OF THE RIO NEGRO : ( From
drawings by A . R . Wallace ) 1 . CYNODON SCOMBROIDES . FAM .
CHARACINID¯ 1 285 ( One - fourth natural size ) 2 . XIPHOSTOMA
LATERISTRIGA . FAM .
1848 . . . . . . 264 ( From a daguerrotype ) FISHES OF THE RIO NEGRO : ( From
drawings by A . R . Wallace ) 1 . CYNODON SCOMBROIDES . FAM .
CHARACINID¯ 1 285 ( One - fourth natural size ) 2 . XIPHOSTOMA
LATERISTRIGA . FAM .
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( From a daguerrotype ) FISHES OF THE RIO NEGRO : ( From drawings by A . R .
Wallace ) 1 . CYNODON SCOMBROIDES . FAM . CHARACINID¯ ( One - fourth
natural size ) 2 . XIPHOSTOMA LATERISTRIGA . FAM . CHARACINID¯ .
( From a daguerrotype ) FISHES OF THE RIO NEGRO : ( From drawings by A . R .
Wallace ) 1 . CYNODON SCOMBROIDES . FAM . CHARACINID¯ ( One - fourth
natural size ) 2 . XIPHOSTOMA LATERISTRIGA . FAM . CHARACINID¯ .
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After his brother John went to California he came out to me at Para , and after a
year spent on the Amazon as far as Barra on the Rio Negro , he returned to Para
on his way home , where he caught yellow fever , and died in a few days at the ...
After his brother John went to California he came out to me at Para , and after a
year spent on the Amazon as far as Barra on the Rio Negro , he returned to Para
on his way home , where he caught yellow fever , and died in a few days at the ...
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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 remarks
...
... 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 remarks
...
Page 281
On reaching the city of Barra at the mouth of the 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 .
On reaching the city of Barra at the mouth of the 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 .
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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