My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... Hoddesdon , after which I returned to London , sharing my brother John's lodging till I could find some employment . At that time the tithe - commutation surveys were nearly all completed , and the rush of railway work had not begun ...
... Hoddesdon , after which I returned to London , sharing my brother John's lodging till I could find some employment . At that time the tithe - commutation surveys were nearly all completed , and the rush of railway work had not begun ...
Page 289
... Hoddesdon when he was about eight years old , which was always con- sidered a striking likeness . The other is a copy of a black silhouette taken before he came out to the Amazon in 1849 , when he was just twenty years old . My lamented ...
... Hoddesdon when he was about eight years old , which was always con- sidered a striking likeness . The other is a copy of a black silhouette taken before he came out to the Amazon in 1849 , when he was just twenty years old . My lamented ...
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A. R. Wallace acquaintance afterwards Amazon animals Aru Islands beautiful beetles birds of paradise boys Brecknockshire brother butterflies called character collections colour Darwin delight England English fact father feet forest garden gave George Silk give Greenell half heard Hertford Hoddesdon hundred insects interesting island journey kind land letter lived Lombok London look Malacca Malay Archipelago miles Moluccas months mountain native Natural Selection nature nearly Neath never obtained origin of species paper parish perhaps plants portion Radnorshire remark remember Rio Negro river rock Sarawak seemed seen side Singapore Sir Charles sister sketch slope soon species stayed surveying Ternate thought Tidore tion told took town tropical Uaupés valley various village voyage walk Wallace week Welsh whole wood