 | 1877 - 998 lehte
...together in one horrible monotony." " The silence and gloom of the Brazilian forests," says Mr. Bates, " are realities, and the impression deepens on a longer...rather than imparts a sense of life and cheerfulness. There are, besides, many sounds which it is impossible to account for. i A sudden clang or a. piercing... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1878 - 382 lehte
...of antelopes and herds of ponderous pachyderms of Southern Africa. We often read in books of travel of the silence and gloom of the Brazilian forests....acquaintance. The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifies the feeling of solitude rather than imparts a sense of life... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1878 - 416 lehte
...herds of ponderous pachyderms of Southern Africa. AVe often read in books of travel of the silenee and gloom of the Brazilian forests. They are realities, and the impression deepens on a longer acquaintanee. The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifics... | |
 | Henry Walter Bates - 1880 - 162 lehte
...history of the monkeys, of which thirtyeight species inhabit the Amazon region, I ehajl have to return. We often read, in books of travels, of the silence...a longer acquaintance. The few sounds of birds are rf that pensive or mysterious character which intensifies the fe'eling of solitude rather than imparts... | |
 | Henry Walter Bates - 1880 - 176 lehte
...history of the monkeys, of which thirtyeight species inhabit the Amazon region, I «hall have to return. We often read, in books of travels, of the silence...They are realities, and the impression deepens on a lunger acquaintance. The few sounds of birds are of that pensive or mysterious character which intensifies... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1886 - 884 lehte
...temperate lands." Mr. Bates, on this subject, says : — " The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifies the feeling...rather than imparts a sense of life and cheerfulness." On the question of tropical bird-music much remains to be said by future travellers ; but South America... | |
 | 1886 - 856 lehte
...temperate lands." Mr. Bates, on this subject, says : "The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifies the feeling...of solitude rather than imparts a sense of life and clieerlulness." On the question of tropical bird-music much remains to be said by future travellers... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 516 lehte
...of antelopes and herds of ponderous pachyderms of Southern Africa. We often read in books of travel of the silence and gloom of the Brazilian forests....acquaintance. The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifies the feeling, of solitude rather than imparts a sense of... | |
 | Eliza Happy Morton - 1893 - 220 lehte
...BRAZILIAN FORESTS. A noted naturalist says: " We often read in books of travel of the gloom and silence of the Brazilian forests. They are realities, and...acquaintance. The few sounds of birds are of that pensive, mysterious character which intensifies the feeling of solitude rather than imparts a sense of life... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1893 - 282 lehte
...lands." And Bates says of the Amazonian forests, " The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifies the feeling...rather than imparts a sense of life and cheerfulness." It is not only this paucity of bird life in large tracts of country which has made the tropics seem... | |
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The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifies the feeling of solitude rather than imparts a sense of life and cheerfulness. 
