Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page vii
... object has been described in detail ; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so far as I am aware , no one has yet attempted to give a general ...
... object has been described in detail ; and both the scenery and the natural phenomena of the tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so far as I am aware , no one has yet attempted to give a general ...
Page 23
... objects . The absence of distinct horizontal shadows at noon which thus characterises a considerable part of the year , is itself a striking pheno- menon to an inhabitant of the temperate zones ; and equally striking is the changed ...
... objects . The absence of distinct horizontal shadows at noon which thus characterises a considerable part of the year , is itself a striking pheno- menon to an inhabitant of the temperate zones ; and equally striking is the changed ...
Page 41
... object . The sheathing margins of the leaves often break up into a fibrous material , some- times resembling a coarse cloth , and in other cases more like horsehair . The flowers are not individually large , but form large spikes or ...
... object . The sheathing margins of the leaves often break up into a fibrous material , some- times resembling a coarse cloth , and in other cases more like horsehair . The flowers are not individually large , but form large spikes or ...
Page 70
... objects themselves . We further suppose our traveller to have no prepos- sessions , and to have no favourite group , in the search after which he passes by other objects which , in view of their frequent occurrence in the landscape ...
... objects themselves . We further suppose our traveller to have no prepos- sessions , and to have no favourite group , in the search after which he passes by other objects which , in view of their frequent occurrence in the landscape ...
Page 73
... objects than the majority of our native birds . The first sight of the great blue Morphos flapping slowly along in the forest roads near Para of the large , white - and - black semi - transparent Ideas floating airily about in the woods ...
... objects than the majority of our native birds . The first sight of the great blue Morphos flapping slowly along in the forest roads near Para of the large , white - and - black semi - transparent Ideas floating airily about in the woods ...
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