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324 ( From a photograph by Mr . Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU
ISLANDS ( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY
- ALI . 1855 - 1862 . . 383 MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . . . . ALFRED R
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324 ( From a photograph by Mr . Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU
ISLANDS ( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY
- ALI . 1855 - 1862 . . 383 MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . . . . ALFRED R
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( From a photograph by Mr . Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS . .
( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY - ALI .
1855 - 1862 . MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . . . ALFRED R . WALLACE .
( From a photograph by Mr . Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS . .
( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY - ALI .
1855 - 1862 . MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . . . ALFRED R . WALLACE .
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In fact only once have I seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the
little island of Semau , near Timor , and that was by no means equal in colour -
effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins that
...
In fact only once have I seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the
little island of Semau , near Timor , and that was by no means equal in colour -
effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins that
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... our island , and are persistent for a considerable period . Looking over these
records from this point of view , I find the following points worthy of notice :In 1839
the lowest winter temperature was predicted for January 9 , and this was correct .
... our island , and are persistent for a considerable period . Looking over these
records from this point of view , I find the following points worthy of notice :In 1839
the lowest winter temperature was predicted for January 9 , and this was correct .
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... nothing too small ; which has absorbed meadow and forest , moor and
mountain , which has appropriated most of our rivers and lakes and the fish that
live in them ; which often claims the very seashore and rocky coasts of our island
home ...
... nothing too small ; which has absorbed meadow and forest , moor and
mountain , which has appropriated most of our rivers and lakes and the fish that
live in them ; which often claims the very seashore and rocky coasts of our island
home ...
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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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