A738.02    Beagle Library:     Aubuisson de Voisins, Jean Francois d'. 1819. Traité de géognosie: exposé des connaissances actuelles sur la constitution physique et minérale du globe terrestre. 2 vols. Strasbourg et Paris: F.G.Levrault. vol. 2.   Text

, dit-on, des camites dans les basaltes du Vicentin, des ammonites et des gryphites dans ceux des environs de Constance. Berolding a d crit une ammonite emp t e dans ceux du Forez; mais ces roches taient-elles de vrais basaltes ? Ce point important n'est pas constat . Dans ces derniers tems, on a beaucoup insist sur des empreintes d'ammonite trouv es la chauss e des G ants m me, et dans le basalte le [page] 58

A597.6a    Beagle Library:     Humboldt, Alexander von. 1819-1829. Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent, during the years 1799-1804. By Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland; with maps, plans, &c. written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, and trans. into English by Helen Maria Williams. 7 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 6, part 1.   Text   Image

modern architecture cannot go beyond an elevation scarcely equal to forty times that of the edifices constructed by white ants? If the question here agitated respected only canals of a mean size, having a depth of only from 3 to 6 feet, and serving merely for inland navigation, I could mention canals long since executed, which pass over ridges of mountains of from 300 to 580 feet high . England alone, of which the canals * Ancient French measure, pied de Roi, or 75 toises. The following are the

A809    Beagle Library:     Maximilian, Prince of Wied-Neuwied. 1820. Travels in Brazil in the years 1815, 1816, and 1817. Volume 1. London: Henry Colburn.   Text

the most part voracious, are found in such great numbers and infinite variety here, that an entomologist might write a large work on them alone. They are of different sizes; one of the largest species, which is nearly an inch long, and has a disproportionately thick body, is roasted and eaten in many parts, particularly in Minas Gera s, where it is called tanachura. Another very small red species is extremely troublesome and mischievous. These ants are also injurious to the collector, and

A728    Beagle Library:     Luccock, John. 1820. Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil: taken during a residence of ten years in that country, from 1808 to 1818. London: S. Leigh.   Text

Organos. Heads of the Piab na. Itamaret Ranchos. Mode of Farming. Manners of Travellers. Character of my Companions. Estates of Padres, Luiz, and Correio. Water Mills. Beating of Horse Shoes. Scanty Supply of Luxuries. Strangers from Matto Grosso.Snakes. Sowing of Milho. Large Trees. Pegado. Farm and Farmer there. A Gamelleiro. Cebolas. Hunting Dogs. Itinerant Blacksmiths. Claying of Sugars. Effect of Gar pa. Power of Vegetation. Parah ba. Occurrences and Remarks there. Ants' Nests. Parahyb na

A728    Beagle Library:     Luccock, John. 1820. Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil: taken during a residence of ten years in that country, from 1808 to 1818. London: S. Leigh.   Text

for bread. The peach-tree is so common as to furnish in some places, the chief material for fuel; but it does not flourish North of Porto Alegro. The hope of the Farmer is often rendered, in a great measure, vain by Ants; and a species of Locust, abounding chiefly in the neighbourhood of Corrientes, is to be found throughout the country. The Ounce, here called the Jagu r, and others of the feline tribe, infest the whole district, and sometimes enter the towns. Cotias and Agoutis abound in the

A728    Beagle Library:     Luccock, John. 1820. Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil: taken during a residence of ten years in that country, from 1808 to 1818. London: S. Leigh.   Text

conceive of a greater plague, than that which is produced by ants. In the forests below, they form their nests beneath the surface of the ground, or pile cones of sand, eight or ten feet high, generally round the root or stem of a tree; but on these heights their nests stand by the road side, in the form of rough pillars, made of earth and leaves, more than eight feet high and three in diameter. They resemble bee-hives in shape, and, at first, I thought them the production and abode of bees, for

A728    Beagle Library:     Luccock, John. 1820. Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil: taken during a residence of ten years in that country, from 1808 to 1818. London: S. Leigh.   Text

sides acquire a regular slope, the bottom is covered with the feldspar and other heavy materials which existed in the clay, and thus a steep dell and at length a valley is formed, and lastly grass grows upon its sides. I have observed many instances where these Corgos have owed their origin to what may be called, perhaps, a less natural process. During the dry season Ants and Armadillos, both of which may be numbered among the pests of the country, burrow into the sides of the hills. In the

A809    Beagle Library:     Maximilian, Prince of Wied-Neuwied. 1820. Travels in Brazil in the years 1815, 1816, and 1817. Volume 1. London: Henry Colburn.   Text

leguminous plants are by far the most numerous class in Brazil. Notwithstanding the many villas we saw, the country is wild, forming a broad valley enclosed by lofty mountains, with a hilly surface, from which tall forest-trees surrounded with shrubs raise their slender stems. In the summits of all these trees, dark brown masses are seen on the branches, which are the nests of a very small yellow termite, called cupi. Ants and insects of the same kind are extremely injurious to the plantations in

A809    Beagle Library:     Maximilian, Prince of Wied-Neuwied. 1820. Travels in Brazil in the years 1815, 1816, and 1817. Volume 1. London: Henry Colburn.   Text

animals that inhabit them, you may often travel days together without seeing a living creature; and here too experience shews, that more animals always live near the abodes of man, than in the interior of the great forests. Our collections received here some interesting additions; but our insects, especially the butterflies, were much damaged by the little red ants. We had no means of saving them but by sprinkling them with snuff. On the 25th of January we left Ponte do Gentio, and returned to

A751.01    Beagle Library:     Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 1.   Text

graving, both these objects are represented of their natural size; although the ant here delineated (a neuter) must be considered as one of the largest of the species: many others, much smaller, are always found in the same hillock, which, from analogy with European ants, may be supposed to be the males. We were now met by a thunder storm, so violent that the oxen were hardly able to advance against it; and we found it necessary to halt a few minutes till the force of it abated. Rain fell in