 Oroonoko, and the river of Amazons, the Indians, who catch monkeys to sell them, know very well, that they can easily succeed in taming those, which inhabit certain islands ; while monkeys of the same species, caught on the neighbouring continent, die...  Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During ... - Page 377by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 505 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1818 - 604 lehte
...Indians, who catch monkeys to sell them, know very well, that they can easily succeed in tarn-' ing those, which inhabit certain islands ; while monkeys...themselves in the power of man. The crocodiles of one pool in tlie Llanos are cowardly, and flee even in the water; while those of another attack with extreme... | |
 | 1818 - 646 lehte
...those which inhahit certain islands; while monkeys of the same species, caught on the neighhouring continent, die of terror or rage when they find themselves in the power of man. The crocodiles of one pool in the Llanos are cowardly, and flee even in the water; while those of another attack with extreme... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1822 - 592 lehte
...the Oroonoko, and the river of Amazons, the Indians, who catch monkeys to sell them, know very well, that they can easily succeed in taming those, which...themselves in the power of man. The crocodiles of one pool in the Llanos are cowardly, and flee even in the water; while those of another attack with extreme... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 844 lehte
...of the Orinoco and the River of Amazons, the Indians, who catch monkeys to sell them, know very well that they can easily succeed in taming those which...islands ; while monkeys of the same species, caught in the neighbouring continent, die of terror or rage when they find themselves in the power of man.... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 846 lehte
...of the Orinoco and the River of Amazons, the Indians, who catch monkeys to sell them, know very well that they can easily succeed in taming those which...islands ; while monkeys of the same species, caught in the neighbouring continent, die of terror or rage when they find themselves in the power of man.... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - 1832 - 516 lehte
...Indians who catch monkeys to sell them, know very well that they caneasily succeed in taming those that inhabit certain islands ; while monkeys of the same...themselves in the power of man. The crocodiles of one pool in the Llanos are cowardly, and flee even into the water ; while those of another attack with... | |
 | William Adams - 1836 - 508 lehte
...succeed in taming those that inhabit certain islands ; while monkeys of the same species, caught pn the neighbouring continent, die of terror or rage...themselves in the power of man. The crocodiles of one pool in the Llanos are cowardly, and flee even into the water ; while those of another attack with... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1840 - 294 lehte
...missions of the Orinoco, and the River of Amazons, the Indians, who catch monkeys to sell, know very well that they can easily succeed in taming those which...themselves in the power of man. The crocodiles of one pool in the Llanos are cowardly, and flee, even in the water; while those of another, attack with extreme... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1987 - 710 lehte
...Larks taken from the nest. Humboldt4 says that the Indians who catch monkeys to sell "know very well that they can easily succeed in taming those which...rage when they find themselves in the power of man". So with the crocodiles. These diverse dispositions seem here to run in families./ 14/Lord Brougham... | |
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