A560    Beagle Library:     Spix, Johann Baptist von and Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1824. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820. 2 vols. [Two volumes in one] London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green.   Text

goitre. Perhaps, too, the acid of ants may have a beneficial influence on the relaxed nerves of the patient, as well as on the debility of the lymphatic system. The negroes here, as in Africa, make much use of mucilaginous substances: they use, for instance, Gum Arabic against the goitre with good success; a mode of treatment which seems to point at the origin of this disease as proceeding from the diet. In the course of our journey from Jacarehy, [page] 31

A732.02    Beagle Library:     Stevenson, William Bennet. 1825. A historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America: containing the travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results. 3 vols. London: Hurst, Robinson & Co. vol. 2.   Text

the bed-curtains, unless they be made of some close fine material; and its bite causes a greater degree of irritation than that of the mosquito. Ants creep about the houses in such prodigious numbers, that it is almost impossible to prevent them from mixing with the victuals, particularly sweetmeats; and it is no uncommon thing, when you take off the crust of a tart, or open a jar of preserves, to find that the whole has been consumed by these insects, and the despoilers in complete possession

A332.1    Beagle Library:     Caldcleugh, Alexander. 1825. Travels in South America, during the years 1819 - 20 - 21: containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile. 2 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1.   Text   Image

CHAPTER II. Climate Thermometer, Barometer, Hygrometer Diseases Soil Fruits, Bananas Oranges, Fruit of the Passion Flower Vegetables Coffee, Cocoa. Tea Plant introduced from China Botanical Garden Timber for various purposes Animal Kingdom, Cattle, Dogs, Tapir, Sloth. Birds, Humming Birds, Anum Reptiles, Snakes and Toads Insects, Spiders, Ants, Cochineal Insect Fish, Garupa The Geological Formation, Organic Remains. As the prevailing winds in this part of the world are from the eastward, they

A332.1    Beagle Library:     Caldcleugh, Alexander. 1825. Travels in South America, during the years 1819 - 20 - 21: containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile. 2 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1.   Text   Image

. The mode used to destroy them is a little singular, that of turning the antipathy of the races to good account. As soon as they are observed, a little sugar in put down, which in a moment summons a tribe of brown or black ants, who instantly attack and destroy the ter [page] 4

A732.02    Beagle Library:     Stevenson, William Bennet. 1825. A historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America: containing the travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results. 3 vols. London: Hurst, Robinson & Co. vol. 2.   Text

cavia, four of monkeys, like those at Guayaquil, deer, tortoises, iguanas, snakes as at Guayaquil, with the addition of the dormilona, for whose bite the natives possess no antidote. Here is also the boa constrictor, called by the natives sobre cama; however this tribe is not numerous, and accidents seldom occur; the inhabitants generally take care to have poultry and hogs about their houses, because these animals are great enemies to the snakes. There are several varieties of ants and bees; of the

A545.1    Book:     Malthus, Thomas. 1826. An essay on the principle of population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occassions. London: John Murray. vol. 1.   Text   Image   PDF

offensive: These worms, in the language of the country, are called Cah-bro; and a tribe of natives dwelling inland, from the circumstance of eating these loathsome worms, is named Cah-brogal. The wood-natives also make a paste formed of the fern, root and the large and small ants, bruised to * Collins's Account of New South Wales, Appendix, p. 549, 4to. Id. Appen. p. 557. 4to. [page] 2

A735    Beagle Library:     Murray, John. 1826. Experimental researches on the light and luminous matter of the glow-worm, the luminosity of the sea, the phenomena of the chameleon, the ascent of the spider into the atmosphere, and the torpidity of the tortoise, &c. Glasgow: W. R. M'Phun.   Text

been frozen, this is only accidental. According to Huber, the warmth of a well-tenanted hive in winter is 86 Fahrenheit, and my own observations confirm his statement. John Hunter found that a hive lost, from 10th Nov. to 9th February, more than 4 lbs. in weight. Ants become torpid, according to the same author, at about 27 Fahrenheit, but by congregating together endeavour to preserve themselves from the severity of cold. The eggs of insects are remarkably provided for and defended against

A768.2    Beagle Library:     Lesson, René-Primevère and Garnot, Prosper. 1826-30. Zoologie. Voyage autour du monde, ex́́ecuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. vol. 2 part 2.   Text

de fibres verticales et de sillons horizontaux, s par s par cinq d pressions assez profondes, donnant naissance dans toute leur tendue de larges ventouses membraneuses, cylindriques, sacciformes, dilatables, perfor es au sommet. L'Eum nides tisiphone que nous avons repr sent au quart des dimensions qu'offrait l'individu que nous avons tudi , est un des g ants de la famille des actinies. Son corps est convexo-obovalaire, un peu d prim , un peu plus large que haut. Il s'attache aux rochers par une

A761.15    Beagle Library:     Cuvier, Georges. 1827-35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization. With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. London: Geo. B. Whittaker. vol. 15: Insecta (2).   Text

in company with M. Latreille, was a witness of one of the military campaigns of the amazons, or, as he terms them, rufescent ants. M. Huber thus relates the first discoveries he made respecting these animals. On the 17th of June, 1804, walking in the environs of Geneva, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, I saw at my feet a legion of tolerably large ants, red or reddish, which were traversing the road. They were marching in a body with rapidity; their troop occupied a space of from

A761.15    Beagle Library:     Cuvier, Georges. 1827-35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization. With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. London: Geo. B. Whittaker. vol. 15: Insecta (2).   Text

ravages in gardens, injure fruits, attack them before their maturity, and communicate to them a disagreeable odour. They also damage the roots of many useful plants, by excavating the galleries which lead to their habitation, and transporting thither a considerable quantity of corn. All the mischief, however, which is done by the European ants, is nothing in comparison of the devastations of the ants of America, and the West Indies. They are sometimes so numerous, according to the report of Mr