My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 24
Page 284
... Rio Negro , three months after my arrival there , has been preserved , and from it I extract the following passage : - " I have been spending a month with some Indians three days ' journey up a narrow stream ( called the Cobati River ) ...
... Rio Negro , three months after my arrival there , has been preserved , and from it I extract the following passage : - " I have been spending a month with some Indians three days ' journey up a narrow stream ( called the Cobati River ) ...
Page 284
... Rio Negro in Venezuela , where I have reason to believe I shall find insects more plentiful , and at least as many birds as here . On my return from there I shall take a voyage up the great river Uaupés , and another up the Isanna , not ...
... Rio Negro in Venezuela , where I have reason to believe I shall find insects more plentiful , and at least as many birds as here . On my return from there I shall take a voyage up the great river Uaupés , and another up the Isanna , not ...
Page 291
... Rio Negro ; no doubt my brother is now glorying in ornithological rarities , and revelling amid the sweets of lepidopterous loveliness . But enough ! A little while and the wintry sea is roaring around my pillow ; then shall I envy you ...
... Rio Negro ; no doubt my brother is now glorying in ornithological rarities , and revelling amid the sweets of lepidopterous loveliness . But enough ! A little while and the wintry sea is roaring around my pillow ; then shall I envy you ...
Page 307
... Rio Negro fare , rough though it often was . About a week after we were picked up we spoke and boarded an outward - bound ship , and got from her some biscuits , a few potatoes , and some salt cod , which were a great improvement , but ...
... Rio Negro fare , rough though it often was . About a week after we were picked up we spoke and boarded an outward - bound ship , and got from her some biscuits , a few potatoes , and some salt cod , which were a great improvement , but ...
Page 311
... Rio Negro or Uaupés , wrote to the " Joao de Lima , " referred to by me ( and usually men- tioned in my " Travels " as Senhor L. ) , giving him a short account of my voyage home ; and a few months later he received a reply from him . He ...
... Rio Negro or Uaupés , wrote to the " Joao de Lima , " referred to by me ( and usually men- tioned in my " Travels " as Senhor L. ) , giving him a short account of my voyage home ; and a few months later he received a reply from him . He ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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