Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 59
... effect of walking over it is most peculiar . At each step the plants for some distance round suddenly droop , as if struck with paralysis , and a broad track of prostrate herbage , several feet wide , is distinctly marked out by the ...
... effect of walking over it is most peculiar . At each step the plants for some distance round suddenly droop , as if struck with paralysis , and a broad track of prostrate herbage , several feet wide , is distinctly marked out by the ...
Page 62
... effect is very grand ; but nothing is more erroneous than the statement some- times made that tropical forest - trees generally have showy flowers , for it is doubtful whether the proportion is at all greater in tropical than in ...
... effect is very grand ; but nothing is more erroneous than the statement some- times made that tropical forest - trees generally have showy flowers , for it is doubtful whether the proportion is at all greater in tropical than in ...
Page 99
... effect of equatorial scenery . The traveller is almost always disappointed at first with the birds , as he is with the flowers and the beetles ; and it is only when , gun in hand , he spends days in the forest , that he finds out how ...
... effect of equatorial scenery . The traveller is almost always disappointed at first with the birds , as he is with the flowers and the beetles ; and it is only when , gun in hand , he spends days in the forest , that he finds out how ...
Page 128
... seen in their native haunts , the colours come and go and change with their motions , so as to produce a startling and beautiful effect . The bill differs greatly in length and shape , being 128 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
... seen in their native haunts , the colours come and go and change with their motions , so as to produce a startling and beautiful effect . The bill differs greatly in length and shape , being 128 TROPICAL NATURE , AND OTHER ESSAYS .
Page 136
... effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail . That the object of these quick turns is the capture of insects , I am sure , having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me . I observed it carefully , and distinctly ...
... effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail . That the object of these quick turns is the capture of insects , I am sure , having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me . I observed it carefully , and distinctly ...
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