My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 195
... butterflies on the Amazon , or at the constant stream of new species of birds , beetles , and butterflies in Borneo , the Moluccas , and the Aru Islands . It must be remembered that my ignorance of plants at this time was extreme . I ...
... butterflies on the Amazon , or at the constant stream of new species of birds , beetles , and butterflies in Borneo , the Moluccas , and the Aru Islands . It must be remembered that my ignorance of plants at this time was extreme . I ...
Page 237
... butterflies . Of the former I had scarcely heard , but as I already knew the fascinations of plant life I was quite prepared to take an interest in any other de- partment of nature . He asked me to see his collection , and I was amazed ...
... butterflies . Of the former I had scarcely heard , but as I already knew the fascinations of plant life I was quite prepared to take an interest in any other de- partment of nature . He asked me to see his collection , and I was amazed ...
Page 242
... butterflies and beetles . While at Leicester I had been altogether out of the business world , and do not remember even looking at a newspaper , or I might have heard something of the great railway mania which that year reached its ...
... butterflies and beetles . While at Leicester I had been altogether out of the business world , and do not remember even looking at a newspaper , or I might have heard something of the great railway mania which that year reached its ...
Page 256
... butterflies I was able to look over , I add : " I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt by it . I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly , principally with a view to the ...
... butterflies I was able to look over , I add : " I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt by it . I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly , principally with a view to the ...
Page 263
... butterflies at the British Museum , for his advice upon the matter . He assured us that the whole of northern Brazil was very little known , that some small collections they had recently had from Para and Pernambuco contained many ...
... butterflies at the British Museum , for his advice upon the matter . He assured us that the whole of northern Brazil was very little known , that some small collections they had recently had from Para and Pernambuco contained many ...
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