My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... tropics as a collector . In September , 1847 , my sister returned home from Alabama , and from that time till I left for Para , in the following year , we lived together at Llantwit Cottage . To commemorate her return she invited my ...
... tropics as a collector . In September , 1847 , my sister returned home from Alabama , and from that time till I left for Para , in the following year , we lived together at Llantwit Cottage . To commemorate her return she invited my ...
Page 263
... tropics was the publication in 1847 , in Murray's Home and Colonial Library , of “ A Voyage up the Amazon , " by Mr ... tropical vegetation , and gave such a pleasing account of the people , their kindness and hospitality to strangers ...
... tropics was the publication in 1847 , in Murray's Home and Colonial Library , of “ A Voyage up the Amazon , " by Mr ... tropical vegetation , and gave such a pleasing account of the people , their kindness and hospitality to strangers ...
Page 269
... - " Previous to leaving England I had read many books of travels in hot countries , I had dwelt so much on the enthusiastic descriptions most naturalists give of the surpassing beauty of tropical XVIII ] THE JOURNEY TO THE AMAZON 269.
... - " Previous to leaving England I had read many books of travels in hot countries , I had dwelt so much on the enthusiastic descriptions most naturalists give of the surpassing beauty of tropical XVIII ] THE JOURNEY TO THE AMAZON 269.
Page 270
... tropical vegetation , and of the strange forms and brilliant colours of the animal world , that I had wrought myself up to a fever - heat of expectation , and it is not to be wondered at that my early impressions were those of ...
... tropical vegetation , and of the strange forms and brilliant colours of the animal world , that I had wrought myself up to a fever - heat of expectation , and it is not to be wondered at that my early impressions were those of ...
Page 284
... tropical America and Africa , where it replaces the carps ( Cyprinidae ) of Europe and the Old World generally , though not very closely allied to them . Many of the species are very like some of our commonest river- fish , such as ...
... tropical America and Africa , where it replaces the carps ( Cyprinidae ) of Europe and the Old World generally , though not very closely allied to them . Many of the species are very like some of our commonest river- fish , such as ...
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