My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 15
Page 311
... 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 was a ...
... 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 was a ...
Page 312
... Uaupés . He was a fairly educated man , and had an inexhaustible fund of anecdotes of his early life in Portugal , and would also relate many " old - time " stories , usually of the grossest kind , some- what in the style of Rabelais ...
... Uaupés . He was a fairly educated man , and had an inexhaustible fund of anecdotes of his early life in Portugal , and would also relate many " old - time " stories , usually of the grossest kind , some- what in the style of Rabelais ...
Page 314
... Uaupés . With these scanty materials , helped by the letters I had sent home , I now set to work to write an account of my travels , as well as a few scientific papers for which I had materials in the portion of my collections made in ...
... Uaupés . With these scanty materials , helped by the letters I had sent home , I now set to work to write an account of my travels , as well as a few scientific papers for which I had materials in the portion of my collections made in ...
Page 315
... I was told inhabited the Uaupés river has not been found , and may probably have been confounded by my informants with the white bell - bird , During the two ascents and descents of the Rio Negro XX ] 315 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
... I was told inhabited the Uaupés river has not been found , and may probably have been confounded by my informants with the white bell - bird , During the two ascents and descents of the Rio Negro XX ] 315 LONDON : VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE.
Page 316
... Uaupés in 1850-1852 I took observations with a prismatic compass , not only of the course of the canoe , but also of every visible point , hill , house , or channel between the islands , so as to be able to map this little known river ...
... Uaupés in 1850-1852 I took observations with a prismatic compass , not only of the course of the canoe , but also of every visible point , hill , house , or channel between the islands , so as to be able to map this little known river ...
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