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F1528.1    Book:     Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem, volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF
venskab. Deres hengivne Chas. Darwin.Til miss S. Darwin. Bahia, Brasilien, 4. August 1836. Kj re Susanne! Jeg vil kun skrive nogle linjer for at forklare dig grunden til, at dette brev skrives fra kysten af Sydamerika. Paa grund af nogle eiendommelige uoverensstemmelser i l ngdegraderne vilde kaptein Fitz-Koy gjerne faa fuldf rt kredsen paa den sydlige halvkugle; derpaa skal vi vende tilbage til England den samme vei, vi er komne. Denne siksakformige reisemaade er s rgelig og har givet mine f lelser
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F1528.3    Book:     Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem. Volume 3.   Text   Image   PDF
, I 396. — i Malvern, I 429. Bar, Karl Ernst von, II. 268; tilslutning til evolutionistiske synsmaader, II 216 anm.; mening om teorien, II 382, 383. Bahia, skoglandskab ved, I 262; brev til R. W. Darwin fra, I 257; brev til miss S. Darwin fra, I 301. Bain, Alexander, brev til, om »Sindsbev gelsernes udtryks, III 197. Salanus armatus, III 113. Baly medaljen, tilstaaelse af, fra the Royal College of Physicians, III 254. Balfour, professor F. M., om vivisektion ved bed vende midler, III 230; notis
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F277    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1889. The structure and distribution of coral reefs. 3d ed. With a preface to the third edition by Francis Darwin and an appendix by T. G. Bonney. London: Smith Elder and Co.   Text   Image   PDF
The coast of Brazil is in many parts fringed by reefs. Of these, some are not of coral formation; for instance, those near Bahia and in front of Pernambuco; but a few miles south of this latter city, the reef follows1 every turn of the shore so closely, that I can hardly doubt it is of coral. It runs at the distance of three-quarters of a mile from the land, and within it the depth is from ten to fifteen feet. I was assured by an intelligent pilot, that at Ports Frances and Maceio, the outer
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A1015    Book:     Wallace, A. R. 1889. Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection with some of its applications. London & New York: Macmillan & Co.   Text
all parts of the world are, usually, protectively coloured with greens or browns; and the little tree-frogs are either green like the leaves they rest upon, or curiously mottled to imitate bark or dead leaves. But there are a certain number of very gaily coloured frogs, and these do not conceal themselves as frogs usually do. Such was the small toad found by Darwin at Bahia Blanca, which was intense black and bright vermilion, and crawled about in the sunshine over dry sand-hills and arid plains
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F1528.1    Book:     Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem, volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF
alvor. Vi er nu paa veien til Fernando Noronha paa kysten af Brasilien, hvor vi ikke blir ret l nge. og unders ger saa sandbankerne mellem sidstn vnte sted og Rio og kommer muligens til at anl be Bahia. Jeg vil [page] 26
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F1528.1    Book:     Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem, volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF
BAHIA. at de klimatiske forhold hidtil har passet godt for mig; det bringer mig til at l nges efter et roligt liv for en tid paa et saadant sted. Hvis du nsker at faa et rigtigt begreb om tropiske lande, saa l s Humboldt. Forbigaa den videnskabelige del og begynd der, hvor han er f rdig med Teneriffa. Mine f lelser stiger til beundring, jo mere jeg l ser ham. Fort l Eyton (jeg m rker nu, at jeg skriver til mine s stre), hvor overordentlig jeg synes om Amerika, og at det sikkerlig vil v re stor
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F1528.1    Book:     Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem, volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF
vulkansk , desuden nogle andre er og endelig de to ber mte havne i Brasilien — Bahia og Rio. Jeg laa tilk is, til vi naaede de kanariske er, og jeg glemmer aldrig det storartede indtryk, det f rste syn af Teneriffa gjorde paa mig. F rste gang man kommer ind i varmt veir, f ler man et deiligt vel- [page] 27
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F1528.1    Book:     Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem, volume 1.   Text   Image   PDF
REISEN. 27-AARS-ALDEREN. et nyt sted afh nger af udsigten til at faa brevel der. Vi opholdt os kun fire dage paa Asoension og havde derpaa en meget heldig overfart til Bahia. Jeg troede n sten ikke, at det var sydameri-kansk grund, jeg var paa. Det har n sten gjort mig ondt at opdage, hvor megen herlig begeistring! der har dunstet bort i de fire sidste aar. Jeg kan nu spasere ganske rolig gjennem en brasiliansk skog; den er jo overordentlig vakker; men istedet- for at s ge efter glimrende
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
EL CARMEN, OR PATAGONES. RIO NEGRO. CHAPTER IV Rio Negro Estancias attacked by the Indians Salt Lakes Flamingoes R. Negro to R. Colorado Sacred Tree Patagonian Hare Indian Families General Rosas Proceed to Bahia Blanca Sand Dunes Negro Lieutenant Bahia Blanca Saline Incrustations Punta Alta Zorillo. RIO NEGRO TO BAHIA BLANCA July 24th, 1833. The Beagle sailed from Maldonado, and on August the 3rd she arrived off the mouth of the Rio Negro. This is the principal river on the whole line of coast
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
IRREGULAR TROOPS. CHAPTER V Bahia Blanca Geology Numerous gigantic extinct Quadrupeds Recent Extinction Longevity of Species Large Animals do not require a luxuriant Vegetation Southern Africa Siberian Fossils Two Species of Ostrich Habits of Oven-bird Armadilloes Venomous Snake, Toad, Lizard Hybernation of Animals Habits of Sea-Pen Indian Wars and Massacres Arrowhead, antiquarian Relic. BAHIA BLANCA THE Beagle arrived here on the 24th of August, and a week afterwards sailed for the Plata
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. . . 40-64 CHAPTER IV Rio Negro Estancias attacked by the Indians Salt Lakes Flamingoes R. Negro to R. Colorado Sacred Tree Patagonian Hare Indian Families General Rosas Proceed to Bahia Blanca Sand Dunes Negro Lieutenant Bahia Blanca Saline incrustations Punta Alta Zorillo . 65-84 [page] ix CONTENT
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
turf on which Bahia Blanca stands, we entered on a wide desolate plain. It consists of a [page] 112 BAHIA BLANCA TO BUENOS AYRE
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
V the coldest 46 . The lowest point to which the thermometer fell was 41 .5, and occasionally in the middle of the day it rose to 69 or 70 . Yet with this high temperature almost every beetle, several genera of spiders, snails, and land-shells, toads and lizards, were all lying torpid beneath stones. But we have seen that at Bahia Blanca, which is four degrees southward, and therefore with a climate only a very little colder, this same temperature, with a rather less extreme heat, was
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
extends from Bahia Blanca. Here we changed horses, and passed through some leagues of swamps and saline marshes. Changing horses for the last time, we again began wading through the mud. My animal fell, and I was well soused in black mire a very disagreeable accident, when one does not possess a change of clothes. Some miles from the fort we met a man, who told us that a great gun had been fired, which is a signal that Indians are near. We immediately left the road, and followed the edge of a
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
VI foreigner, previous to my visit, had ascended this mountain; and indeed very few of the soldiers at Bahia Blanca knew anything about it. Hence we heard of beds of coal, of gold and silver, of caves, and of forests, all of which inflamed my curiosity, only to disappoint it. The distance from the posta was about six leagues, over a level plain of the same character as before. The ride was, however, interesting, as the mountain began to show its true form. When we reached the foot of the main
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE H.M.S BEAGLE IN STRAITS OF MAGELLAN. MT. SARMIENTO IN THE DISTANCE . . . . Frontispiece FERNANDO NORONHA . . . . . . 1 INCRUSTATION OF SHELLY SAND . . . . 9 DIODON MACULATUS (Distended and Contracted) . . . 13 PELAGIC CONFERV . . . . . . 15 CATAMARAN (BAHIA) . . . . . . 18 BOTOFOGO BAY, RIO JANEIRO . . . . . 19 VAMPIRE BAT (Desmodus D'Orbignyi) . . . . 23 VIRGIN FOREST . . . . . To face 25 CABBAGE PALM . . . . . . . 26 MANDIOCA OR CASSAVA . . . . . . 27 RIO JANEIRO
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
PAGE RHEA DARWINII (Avestruz Petise) . . . . 110 LANDING AT BUENOS AYRES. . . . . 111 MAT POTS AND BAMBILLIO . . . . . 118 GIANT THISTLE OF PAMPAS CYNARA CARDUNCULUS OR CARDOON . . . To face 125 EVENING CAMP, BUENOS AYRES . . . . . 128 ROZARIO . . . . . . . . 129 PARANA RIVER . . . . . . . 133 TOXODON PLATENSIS. (Found at Saladillo) . . . 134 FOSSIL TOOTH OF HORSE (from Bahia Blanca) . . . 138 MYLODON . . . . . . . . 140 HEAD OF SCISSOR-BEAK . . . . . . 145 RHYNCHOPS NIGRA, OR SCISSOR-BEAK
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
, Mr., on carrion-hawks, 195 Bahia Blanca, 50, 70, 77 to 110 fossil tooth of horse from, 138 Bahia, Brazil, 11 scenery of 526 Bajada, 136 Balbi on coral reefs, 499 Bald Head, Australia, 479 Ballenar, Chile, 373 Banda Oriental, 48, 152, 158, 186 Banks's Hill, 221 Barking-bird, 307 Barrier-reef, Bolabola, 498 reefs, sections of, 500 Basaltic platform of Santa Cruz, 182 Bathurst, Australia, 470 Batrachian reptiles, 101 Bats, vampire, 22, 23 Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 444 [page] 540 INDE
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
flowers but without a single leaf, gave a pleasing effect to the nearer parts of the scenery. BAHIA, OR SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 29th. The day has past delightfully. Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants, the beauty of the flowers, the glossy green of the foliage, but above all the general luxuriance of the
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CHAP. and likewise as reservoirs for saliva, or some such fluid. I repeatedly fed them on raw meat; and I invariably observed, that every now and then the extremity of the tail was applied to the mouth, and a drop of fluid exuded on the meat, which was then in the act of being consumed. The tail, notwithstanding so much practice, does not seem to be able to find its way to the mouth; at least the neck was always touched first, and apparently as a guide. When we were at Bahia, an elater or
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
CHAP. the upper regions of the atmosphere, and even the surface of perpetual snow all support organic beings. To the northward of the Rio Negro, between it and the inhabited country near Buenos Ayres, the Spaniards have only one small settlement, recently established at Bahia Blanca. The distance in a straight line to Buenos Ayres is very nearly five hundred British miles. The wandering tribes of horse Indians, which have always occupied the greater part of this country, having of late much
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
nowhere seen them so abundant as near Bahia Blanca. The salt here, and in other parts of Patagonia, consists chiefly of sulphate of soda with some common salt. As long as the ground remains moist in these salitrales (as the Spaniards improperly call them, mistaking this substance for saltpetre), nothing is to be seen but an extensive plain composed of a black, muddy soil, supporting scattered tufts of succulent plants. On returning through one of these tracts, after a week's hot weather, one is
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
IV them to be the wife and sister-in-law of the major's son, hunting for ostrich's eggs. I have described this man's conduct, because he acted under the full impression that they were Indians. As soon, however, as the absurd mistake was found out, he gave me a hundred reasons why they could not have been Indians; but all these were forgotten at the time. We then rode on in peace and quietness to a low point called Punta Alta, whence we could see nearly the whole of the great harbour of Bahia
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
living in the bay, I was at first inclined to think that the former vegetation was probably similar to the existing one; but this would have been an erroneous inference, for some of these same shells live on the luxuriant coast of Brazil; and generally, the characters of the inhabitants of the sea are useless as guides to judge of those on the land. Nevertheless, from the following considerations, I do not believe that the simple fact of many gigantic quadrupeds having lived on the plains round Bahia
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CHAP. American ostrich. The ordinary habits of the ostrich are familiar to every one. They live on vegetable matter, such as roots and grass; but at Bahia Blanca I have repeatedly seen three or four come down at low water to the extensive mud-banks which are then dry, for the sake, as the Gauchos say, of feeding on small fish. Although the ostrich in its habits is so shy, wary, and solitary, and although so fleet in its pace, it is caught without much difficulty by the Indian or Gaucho armed
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F59    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: John Murray. First Murray illustrated edition.   Text   Image   PDF
low bank of firm sandy soil by the side of a road or stream. Here (at Bahia Blanca) the walls round the houses are built of hardened mud; and I noticed that one, which enclosed a courtyard where I lodged, was bored through by round holes in a score of places. On asking the owner the cause of this, he bitterly complained of the little casarita, several of which I afterwards observed at work. It is rather curious to find how incapable these birds [page] 100 BAHIA BLANC
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or peludo, and the apar. The first extends ten degrees farther south than any other kind: a fourth species, the Mulita, does not come as far south as Bahia Blanca. The four species have nearly similar habits; the peludo, however, is nocturnal, while the others wander by day over the open plains, feeding on beetles, larv , roots, and even small snakes. The apar, commonly called mataco, is remarkable by having only three movable bands; the rest of its tesselated covering being nearly inflexible. It
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, as other toads are, and living in damp obscure recesses, it crawls during the heat of the day about the dry sand-hillocks and arid plains, where not a single drop of water can be found. It must necessarily depend on the dew for its moisture; and this probably is absorbed by the skin, for it is known that these reptiles possess great powers of cutaneous absorption. At Maldonado, I found one in a situation nearly as dry as at Bahia Blanca, and thinking to give it a great treat, [page] 102 BAHIA
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rooteth in the earth, and so becomes great. This transformation is one of the strangest wonders that I saw in all my travels: for if this tree is plucked up, while young, and the leaves and bark stripped off, it becomes a hard stone when dry, much like white coral: thus is this worm twice transformed into different natures. Of these we gathered and brought home many. During my stay at Bahia Blanca, while waiting for the Beagle, the place was in a constant state of excitement, from rumours of wars and
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climate and productions of Ascension were very different from what they now are. Where on the face of the earth can we find a spot on which close investigation will not discover signs of that endless cycle of change, to which this earth has been, is, and will be subjected? On leaving Ascension we sailed for Bahia, on the coast of 1 Monats. der K nig. Akad. d. Wiss. zu Berlin. Vom April 1845. [page] 526 BAHIA, BRAZI
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FERNANDO NORONHA. JOURNAL CHAPTER I Porto Praya Ribeira Grande Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish St. Paul's Rocks, non-volcanic Singular Incrustations Insects the first Colonists of Islands Fernando Noronha Bahia Burnished Rocks Habits of a Diodon Pelagic Conferv and Infusoria Causes of discoloured Sea. ST. JAGO CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS AFTER having been twice driven back by heavy south-western gales, Her Majesty's ship Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command
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perhaps likewise by the branchial orifices. This process is effected by two methods: the air is swallowed, and is then forced into the cavity of the body, its [page] 14 BAHIA BRAZI
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the millions of millions of animalcula and conferv : for whence come the germs at such points? the parent bodies having been distributed by the winds and waves over the immense ocean. But on no other hypothesis can I understand their linear grouping. I may add that Scoresby remarks that green water abounding with pelagic animals is invariably found in a certain part of the Arctic Sea. CATAMARAN (BAHIA). [page 19
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plain piece of ground, and thus drive together the wild animals. One day I went out hunting at Bahia Blanca, but the men there merely rode in a crescent, each being about [page] 119 HOSPITALIT
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ST. LOUIS, MAURITIUS. CHAPTER XXI MAURITIUS TO ENGLAND Mauritius, beautiful appearance of Great crateriform ring of mountains Hindoos St. Helena History of the changes in the vegetation Cause of the extinction of land-shells Ascension Variation in the imported rats Volcanic bombs Beds of infusoria Bahia Brazil Splendour of tropical scenery Pernambuco Singular reef Slavery Return to England Retrospect on our voyage. April 29th. In the morning we passed round the northern end of Mauritius, or
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CHAPTER V Bahia Blanca Geology Numerous gigantic extinct Quadrupeds Recent Extinction Longevity of Species Large animals do not require a luxuriant vegetation Southern Africa Siberian Fossils Two Species of Ostrich Habits of Oven-bird Armadilloes Venomous Snake, Toad, Lizard Hybernation of Animals Habits of Sea-Pen Indian Wars and Massacres Arrowhead Antiquarian Relic . . . . . . . Pages 85-110 CHAPTER VI Set out for Buenos Ayres Rio Sauce Sierra Ventana Third Posta Driving Horses Bolas
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infusoria Bahia Brazil Splendour of tropical scenery Pernambuco Singular reefs Slavery Return to England Retrospect on our voyage 513-538 INDEX . . . . . . . 539-551 [H.M.S. BEAGLE MIDDLE SECTION FORE AND AFT 1832
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South FOSSIL TOOTH OF HORSE, FROM BAHIA BLANCA. 1 Cuvier, Ossemens Fossiles, tom. i. p. 158. 2 This is the geographical division followed by Lichtenstein, Swainson, Erichson, and Richardson. The section from Vera Cruz to Acapulco, given by Humboldt in the Polit. Essay on Kingdom of N. Spain will show how immense a barrier the Mexican table-land forms. Dr. Richardson, in his admirable Report on the Zoology of N. America read before the Brit. Assoc. 1836 (p. 157), talking of the identification of
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A2312    Review:     Anon. 1890. [Review of Journal of researches]. Boston Evening Transcript (14 May): 6.   Text   PDF
certain of the Pacific Islands, and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the world. Darwin was, at the time of the sailing of the Beagle, a young and enthusiastic student of zoology, and the expedition lacking an expert in that line of science, he volunteered his services. Leaving England in December, 1831, the Beagle sailed for the Cape de Verde group, casting anchor for the first time after leaving port, in the harbor of Porto Praya. From there the course taken was to Bahia, and
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; and that on several occasions he has known it eat its way, not only through the coats of the stomach, but through the sides of the monster, which has thus been killed. Who would ever have imagined that a little soft fish could have destroyed the great and savage shark? March 18th. We sailed from Bahia. A few days afterwards, when not far distant from the Abrolhos Islets, my atten [page] 15 PELAGIC CONFER
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CHAP. forest, is astonished at the labours of the ants: well-beaten paths branch off in every direction, on which an army of never-failing foragers may be seen, some going forth, and others returning, burdened with pieces of green leaf, often larger than their own bodies. A small dark-coloured ant sometimes migrates in countless numbers. One day, at Bahia, my attention was drawn by observing many spiders, cockroaches, and other insects, and some lizards, rushing in the greatest agitation
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man as its enemy only when he is mounted and armed with the bolas. At Bahia Blanca, a recent establishment in Northern Patagonia, I was surprised to find how little the deer cared for the noise of a gun: one day I fired ten times from within eighty yards at one animal; and it was much more startled at the ball cutting up the ground than at the report of the rifle. My powder being exhausted, I was obliged to get up (to my shame as a sportsman be it spoken, though well able to kill birds on the
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IV but where, as at Bahia Blanca, the Bizcacha is not found, the Agouti burrows for itself. The same thing occurs with the little owl of the Pampas (Athene cunicularia), which has so often been described as standing like a sentinel at the mouth of the burrows; for in Banda Oriental, owing to the absence of the Bizcacha, it is obliged to hollow out its own habitation. The next morning, as we approached the Rio Colorado, the appearance of the country changed; we soon came on a plain covered with
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interview passed away without a smile, and I obtained a passport and order for the government post-horses, and this he gave me in the most obliging and ready manner. In the morning we started for Bahia Blanca, which we reached in two days. Leaving the regular encampment, we passed by the toldos of the Indians. These are round like ovens, and covered with hides; by the mouth of each, a tapering chuzo was stuck in the ground. The toldos were divided into separate groups, which belonged to the
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Pampean deposit is a sub-aerial formation, like sand-dunes: this seems to me to be an untenable doctrine. [page] 88 BAHIA BLANC
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pieces was estimated at three tons and a half; we will call it three. From [page] 92 BAHIA BLANC
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. [page] 94 BAHIA BLANC
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likewise from the state of the ovarium of the hen, that she may in the course of the season lay a large number, yet the time required must be very long. Azara states,2 that a female in a state of domestication laid seventeen 1 Burchell's Travels, vol. i. p. 280. 2 Azara, vol. iv. p. 173. [page] 96 BAHIA BLANC
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discovery by feigning death, with outstretched legs, depressed body, and closed eyes: if further molested, it buries itself with great quickness in the loose sand. This lizard, from its flattened body and short legs, cannot run quickly. I will here add a few remarks on the hybernation of animals in this part of South America. When we first arrived at Bahia Blanca, September 7th, 1832, we thought nature had granted scarcely a living creature to this sandy and dry country. By digging, however, in
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s adding, Fire, I am a man, and can die! Not one syllable would they breathe to injure the united cause of their country! The conduct of the above-mentioned cacique was very different; he saved his life by betraying the intended plan of warfare, and the point of union in the Andes. It was believed that there were already six or [page] 108 BAHIA BLANC
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