My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 254
... insect collecting . We exchanged specimens , and , I think in the summer of 1847 , he came on a week's visit , which we spent chiefly in beetle- collecting and in discussing various matters , and it must have been at this time that we ...
... insect collecting . We exchanged specimens , and , I think in the summer of 1847 , he came on a week's visit , which we spent chiefly in beetle- collecting and in discussing various matters , and it must have been at this time that we ...
Page 256
... insect - room at the British Museum on my way home , and the overwhelming numbers of the beetles and butterflies I was able to look over , I add : " I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be ...
... insect - room at the British Museum on my way home , and the overwhelming numbers of the beetles and butterflies I was able to look over , I add : " I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be ...
Page 263
... insects , as well as land- shells , birds , and mammals , there was no doubt we could easily pay our expenses . Thus encouraged , we determined to go to Para , and began to make all the necessary arrange- ments . We found that by ...
... insects , as well as land- shells , birds , and mammals , there was no doubt we could easily pay our expenses . Thus encouraged , we determined to go to Para , and began to make all the necessary arrange- ments . We found that by ...
Page 266
... insects were pinned . The advantages were that a large number of specimens were packed in a small space , and at much less cost than in store boxes , while any insects which should accidentally get loose would fall to the bottom , where ...
... insects were pinned . The advantages were that a large number of specimens were packed in a small space , and at much less cost than in store boxes , while any insects which should accidentally get loose would fall to the bottom , where ...
Page 269
... insects at present . The variety is immense ; we have already got about four hundred distinct kinds . " In fulfilment of a promise I made before I left Neath , I wrote a letter to the members of the Mechanics ' Institution , after I had ...
... insects at present . The variety is immense ; we have already got about four hundred distinct kinds . " In fulfilment of a promise I made before I left Neath , I wrote a letter to the members of the Mechanics ' Institution , after I had ...
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