Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States and the Antilles ... 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 ...Macmillan and Company, 1879 - 520 páginas |
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... observe , that it is not totally devoid of interest , and that it contains something useful . Several of the unfortunate gentlemen who went out to explore the Congo , were thankful for the instructions they found in it ; and Sir Joseph ...
... observe , that it is not totally devoid of interest , and that it contains something useful . Several of the unfortunate gentlemen who went out to explore the Congo , were thankful for the instructions they found in it ; and Sir Joseph ...
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... observation , love of nature and enterprise , which enabled him to earn a place among the first order of practical naturalists both at home and abroad . At ten years of age he was placed under the Rev. A. Strong's care , in a school ...
... observation , love of nature and enterprise , which enabled him to earn a place among the first order of practical naturalists both at home and abroad . At ten years of age he was placed under the Rev. A. Strong's care , in a school ...
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... observations . " At one o'clock , P.M. , just as the governor had gone to the eastward to take an airing in his carriage , as was his custom every day , and the boats of two Spanish brigs - of- war at anchor in the harbour had landed ...
... observations . " At one o'clock , P.M. , just as the governor had gone to the eastward to take an airing in his carriage , as was his custom every day , and the boats of two Spanish brigs - of- war at anchor in the harbour had landed ...
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... observe the immense quantities of parrots and scarlet aras which passed over our heads . The loud harsh screams of the bird called the horned screamer were heard far and near ; and I could frequently get a sight of this extraordinary ...
... observe the immense quantities of parrots and scarlet aras which passed over our heads . The loud harsh screams of the bird called the horned screamer were heard far and near ; and I could frequently get a sight of this extraordinary ...
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... less influenced by a love of the marvellous , and none less likely to " dress truth in the garb of fiction . " His knowledge of Nature was almost wholly obtained from personal observation , and not one single statement of 20 20 BIOGRAPHY .
... less influenced by a love of the marvellous , and none less likely to " dress truth in the garb of fiction . " His knowledge of Nature was almost wholly obtained from personal observation , and not one single statement of 20 20 BIOGRAPHY .
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