Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 58
... varied applications . the whole , we may perhaps consider it as the greatest boon which nature gives to the natives of the Eastern tropics . On Mangroves . - Among the forms of plants which are sure to attract attention in the tropics ...
... varied applications . the whole , we may perhaps consider it as the greatest boon which nature gives to the natives of the Eastern tropics . On Mangroves . - Among the forms of plants which are sure to attract attention in the tropics ...
Page 61
... varied than in any other part of the globe , but in the great virgin forests them- selves flowers are rarely seen . After describing the forests of the Lower Amazon , Mr. Bates asks : " But where were the flowers ? To our great ...
... varied than in any other part of the globe , but in the great virgin forests them- selves flowers are rarely seen . After describing the forests of the Lower Amazon , Mr. Bates asks : " But where were the flowers ? To our great ...
Page 62
... varied greens of the forest foliage and the deep gloom of its tangled recesses . In Mr. Belt's Naturalist in Nica- ragua , he thus describes the great virgin forests of that country which , being in a mountainous region and on the ...
... varied greens of the forest foliage and the deep gloom of its tangled recesses . In Mr. Belt's Naturalist in Nica- ragua , he thus describes the great virgin forests of that country which , being in a mountainous region and on the ...
Page 65
... varied forms , dimensions , and colours are around him , but he rarely sees any one of them repeated . Time after time he goes towards a tree which looks like the one he seeks , but a closer exami- nation proves it to be distinct . He ...
... varied forms , dimensions , and colours are around him , but he rarely sees any one of them repeated . Time after time he goes towards a tree which looks like the one he seeks , but a closer exami- nation proves it to be distinct . He ...
Page 67
... varied organisms . When , for the first time , the traveller wanders in these primeval forests , he can scarcely fail to experience sensations of awe , akin to those excited by the trackless ocean or the alpine snowfields . There is a ...
... varied organisms . When , for the first time , the traveller wanders in these primeval forests , he can scarcely fail to experience sensations of awe , akin to those excited by the trackless ocean or the alpine snowfields . There is a ...
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