My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... 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 . 1869 . ( From a photograph by Mr. Sims ) " " 320 " " 324 99 357 99 383 384 99 385 ERRATA ...
... 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 . 1869 . ( From a photograph by Mr. Sims ) " " 320 " " 324 99 357 99 383 384 99 385 ERRATA ...
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... Aru Islands . It must be remembered that my ignorance of plants at this time was extreme . I knew the wild rose , bramble , haw- thorn , buttercup , poppy , daisy , and foxglove , and a very few others equally common and popular , and ...
... Aru Islands . It must be remembered that my ignorance of plants at this time was extreme . I knew the wild rose , bramble , haw- thorn , buttercup , poppy , daisy , and foxglove , and a very few others equally common and popular , and ...
Page 355
... islands which I should otherwise never have seen . I was thus enabled to determine the exact boundary between two of ... Aru Islands in a native prau . The country around Macassar greatly disappointed me , as it was perfectly flat and ...
... islands which I should otherwise never have seen . I was thus enabled to determine the exact boundary between two of ... Aru Islands in a native prau . The country around Macassar greatly disappointed me , as it was perfectly flat and ...
Page 356
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS ( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) . [ To face p . 357 , VOL . I. of forest , and where I at once obtained some.
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS ( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) . [ To face p . 357 , VOL . I. of forest , and where I at once obtained some.
Page 357
... Aru Islands , where at least two species of birds of paradise are found , and which had never been visited by an English collector . This was a piece of good fortune I had not expected , and it was especially fortunate because the next ...
... Aru Islands , where at least two species of birds of paradise are found , and which had never been visited by an English collector . This was a piece of good fortune I had not expected , and it was especially fortunate because the next ...
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