Notes of a Naturalist in South America |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page 19
... thousand feet above the sea - level , the climate is very sensibly cooler than that of Kingston . When we left the ... hundred negroes going to work on the Panama Ship Canal . A stranger can scarcely fail to observe a marked difference ...
... thousand feet above the sea - level , the climate is very sensibly cooler than that of Kingston . When we left the ... hundred negroes going to work on the Panama Ship Canal . A stranger can scarcely fail to observe a marked difference ...
Page 25
... hundred feet in height , and between these the railway winds to the summit level , thence descending rather rapidly towards Panama . What a crowd of associations are evoked by the first view of the Pacific ! What trains of mental ...
... hundred feet in height , and between these the railway winds to the summit level , thence descending rather rapidly towards Panama . What a crowd of associations are evoked by the first view of the Pacific ! What trains of mental ...
Page 32
... feet above the shore , on which the little town is built . It consists of some two hundred houses and stores , nearly all mere plank sheds , but , as usual throughout South America , the inhabitants rejoice in dreams of future wealth ...
... feet above the shore , on which the little town is built . It consists of some two hundred houses and stores , nearly all mere plank sheds , but , as usual throughout South America , the inhabitants rejoice in dreams of future wealth ...
Page 44
... hundred feet above the sea - level . The place , I pre- sume , is improved since it was visited and described by Squiers , and I found that on the slope between FLORA OF PAYTA . 45 the base of the plateau 44 NOTES OF A NATURALIST .
... hundred feet above the sea - level . The place , I pre- sume , is improved since it was visited and described by Squiers , and I found that on the slope between FLORA OF PAYTA . 45 the base of the plateau 44 NOTES OF A NATURALIST .
Page 64
John Ball. eastern shores to a further height of nearly 10,000 feet ; and lake steamers give access to most of the inhabited places on its shores — no slight matter when it is remembered that the lake measures more than a hundred miles ...
John Ball. eastern shores to a further height of nearly 10,000 feet ; and lake steamers give access to most of the inhabited places on its shores — no slight matter when it is remembered that the lake measures more than a hundred miles ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aconcagua Adelaide Island appearance ascending botanist Brazil Buenos Ayres Callao Cape Froward Cauquenes Central Chili channel Chicla Chilian climate coast continent Cordillera Demy 8vo distance English Europe European excursion Fahr Fcap feet in height flowers forest hills hundred feet inches interest Iquique island land latitude Lima mean temperature metres miles Mollendo morning mountain native naturalist nearly night northern numerous observations Pacific passed passengers Patagonia peaks Peru Peruvian plants Punta Arenas railway rain rainfall range reached region remarkable river rocks Santiago scarcely sea-level season Second Edition seemed seen ship shore shrubs side slight slopes Small crown 8vo snow South America southern hemisphere species station steamer Straits of Magellan stream summit surface thermometer thousand feet tion town travellers trees tropical Uruguay Uspallata Pass valley Valparaiso vegetation voyage weather Wellington Island western zone
Popular passages
Page 11 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst) — THE HISTORY OF CREATION. Translation revised by Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo. cloth, price 32*.
Page 11 - GRIMLEY, Rev. HN, MA— Tremadoc Sermons, chiefly on the Spiritual Body, the Unseen World, and the Divine Humanity.
Page 17 - The Medical Guide for Anglo-Indians. Being a Compendium of Advice to Europeans in India, relating to the Preservation and Regulation of Health. With a Supplement on the Management of Children in India. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. Limp cloth, price 3* . 6d, MALDEN (HE and EE) Princes and Princesses.
Page 26 - Sister Augustine, Superior of the Sisters of Charity at the St. Johannis Hospital at Bonn. Authorised Translation by HANS THARAU, from the German "Memorials of AMALIE VON LASAULX.
Page 29 - Manual of the Principles of Government, as set forth by the Authorities of Ancient and Modern Times. New and Enlarged Edition. Crown 8vo, 3*.
Page 21 - Q. Horati Flacci Opera. Edited by FA CORNISH, Assistant Master at Eton. With a Frontispiece after a design by L. Alma Tadema, etched by Leopold Lowenstam. Edgar Allan Poe's Poems. With an Essay on his Poetry by ANDREW LANG, and a Frontispiece by Linley Sambourne.
Page 40 - MORRIS, Lewis.— Poetical Works of. New and Cheaper Editions, with Portrait. Complete in 3 vols., 5*. each. Vol. I. contains "Songs of Two Worlds." Twelfth Edition. Vol. II. contains "The Epic of Hades.
Page 18 - MORELL, JR— Euclid Simplified in Method and Language. Being a Manual of Geometry. Compiled from the most important French Works, approved by the University of Paris and the Minister of Public Instruction.
Page 32 - XI. Animal Mechanism : a Treatise on Terrestrial and Aerial Locomotion. By Professor EJ Marey. With 117 Illustrations. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, 5^.
Page 21 - The Christian Year. Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year.