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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

and fluid, with a rapidity which I have never seen equalled. I first visited the forest in which these Planari were found, in company with an old Portuguese priest who took me out to hunt with him. The sport consisted in turning into the cover * I have described and named these species in the 'Annals of Nat. Hist.,' vol. xiv. p. 241. [page] 28 RIO DE JANEIRO. [CHAP. II

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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

commenced; and often have I sat listening to it, until my attention has been drawn away by some curious passing insect. At these times the fireflies are seen flitting about from hedge to hedge. On a dark night the light can be seen at about two hundred paces distant. It is remarkable that in all the different kinds of glowworms, shining elaters, and various marine animals [page] 30 RIO DE JANEIRO. [CHAP. II

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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

which laurels and hollies in England do to the lighter green of the deciduous trees. It may be observed, that the houses within the tropics are surrounded by the most beautiful forms of vegetation, because many of them are at the same * Kirby's Entomology, vol. ii., p. 317. [page] 32 RIO DE JANEIRO. [CHAP. II

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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

three times, but for the next twenty-four hours I always found it again sucking at the same place. The spider became much distended by the juices of its prey, which was many times larger than itself. I may here just mention, that I found, near St. F Bajada, many large black spiders, with ruby-coloured marks on their backs, having gregarious habits. The webs were placed verti [page] 38 RIO DE JANEIRO. [CHAP.II

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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

treme heat, was sufficient to awake all orders of animated beings. This shows how nicely the stimulus required to arouse hybernating animals is governed by the usual climate of the district, and not by the absolute heat. It is well known that within the tropics, the hybernation, or more properly stivation, of animals is determined not by the temperature, but by the times of drought. Near Rio de Janeiro, I was at first surprised to observe, that, a few days after some little depressions had

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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

serable, degraded savages whom we first met here. Lastly, Fuegia Basket was a nice, modest, reserved young girl, with a rather pleasing but sometimes sullen expression, and very quick in learning anything, especially languages. This she showed in picking up some Portuguese and Spanish, when left on shore for only a short time at Rio de Janeiro and Monte Video, and in her knowledge of English. York Minster was very jealous of any attention paid to her; for it was clear he determined to marry

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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

covering of forest even on the almost precipitous flanks. The next day a harbour was discovered, which on this dangerous coast might be of great service to a distressed vessel. It can easily be recognised by a hill 1600 feet high, which is even more perfectly conical than the famous sugar-loaf at Rio de Janeiro. The next day, after anchoring, I succeeded in reaching the summit of this hill. It was a laborious undertaking, for the sides were so steep that in some parts it was necessary to use the

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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

rain, 351 on miasma, 366, 435 Humming-birds of Rio de Janeiro, 32 of Chile, 271 Hybernation of animals, 98 Hydroch rus capybara, 49 Hydrophobia, 353 Hyla, 29 Hymenophallus, 32 Jackson, Col., on frozen snow, 325 Jaguar, habits of, 135 Jajuel, mines of, 259 James Island, Galapagos Archipelago, 376 Juan Fernandez, volcano of, 310 , flora of, 392 Ibis melanops, 165 Ice, prismatic structure of, 325 Icebergs, 187, 224, 246 to 251 Incas' bridge, 334, 356 Incrustations on coast rocks, 9, 12 Indian

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F20 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. London: John Murray. Tenth thousand. Final text. Text Image PDF

coast of Brazil, a butterfly called Februa Hoffmanseggi, makes a noise, when flying away, like a rattle. D [page] 34 RIO DE JANEIRO [CHAP. II

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F381 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1861. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: John Murray. 3d ed. Seventh thousand. Text Image PDF

least nineteen times as large as Switzerland. South of the Amazon Boué colours an area composed of such rocks as equal to that of Spain, France, Italy, part of Germany, and the British Islands, all conjoined. This region has not been carefully explored, but from the concurrent testimony of travellers, the granitic area must be very large: thus, Von Eschwege gives a detailed section of these rocks, stretching from Rio de Janeiro for 260 geographical miles inland in a straight line; and I

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F655 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1862. De l'origine des espèces ou des lois du progrès chez les êtres organisés. Translated and with preface and notes by Mlle Clémence-Auguste Royer. Paris: Guillaumin et Cie. Text Image PDF

recueillis tout le long de la c te, depuis Rio-Janeiro jusqu' l'embouchure de la Plata, c'est- -dire sur une tendue de 1100 milles g ographiques, et tous appartenaient la m me classe de min raux. A l'int rieur des terres, tout le long du rivage septentrional de la Plata, j'ai n'ai vu, en outre des couches tertiaires modernes, qu'une troite bande de rochers l g rement m tamorphiques, qui seuls pouvaient avoir appartenu au rev tement originel de la s rie granitique. Examinons maintenant une r gion

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F3514 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1863. [German translation of portions of: Zoology (pt 2, pp. 10-12, pt 4, p. 151), Coral reefs, Journal of researches 2d ed., South America, Origin & Orchids]. In J. Schönemann, Charles Darwin, englischer Naturforscher. Unsere Zeit. Jahrbuch zum Conversations-Lexikon 7: 699-718. Text PDF

, sondern nur höchst selten während der Brunstzeit. Noch manchen interessanten Zug könnten wir aus dem Journal of researches etc. hervorheben, der den Naturforscher Darwin als Beobachter und Schilderer des Thierlebens charakterisiren würde; aber wir unterlassen dies, um jezt auch Darwin, den Menschen, zu zeichnen, indem wir seine Äußerungen über Sklaven und Sklaverei mittheilen. Der Reisende besteigt einen Granithügel in der Nähe von Rio-de-Janeiro und äußert bei dieser Gelegenheit: Dieser Fleck

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F3514 Periodical contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1863. [German translation of portions of: Zoology (pt 2, pp. 10-12, pt 4, p. 151), Coral reefs, Journal of researches 2d ed., South America, Origin & Orchids]. In J. Schönemann, Charles Darwin, englischer Naturforscher. Unsere Zeit. Jahrbuch zum Conversations-Lexikon 7: 699-718. Text PDF

von den Portugiesen, Engländern oder andern europäischen Völkern. Ich habe zu Rio-de-Janeiro einen kräftigen Neger zu furchtsam gesehen, einen Hieb abzuwehren, der, wie er meinte, seinem Gesicht zugedacht war. Ich bin zugegen gewesen, als ein gutherziger Mann im Begriff stand, Männer, Weiber und kleine Kinder einer großen Anzahl Familien, die lange zusammengelebt hatten, zu trennen. Viele andere empörende Abscheulichkeiten, von denen ich gehört, will ich nicht berühren; ich würde auch jene

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F656 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1866. L'origine des espèces par sélection naturelle ou des lois de transformation des êtres organisés. Traduit en Français avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par Clémence Royer avec une préface et des notes du traducteur. Deuxième édition augmentée d'après des notes de l'auteur. Paris: Victor Masson et fils; Guillaumin et Cie. Text Image PDF

concordants des voyageurs, l'aire granitique doit être immense. Von Eschwege donne une coupe détaillée de ces roches qui s'étendent de Rio-Janeiro jusqu'à 260 milles géographiques dans le centre des terres en ligne droite. J'ai voyagé moi-même sur une longueur de 150 milles dans une autre direction, et je n'ai aperçu que du granit. On m'a montré de nombreux spécimens recueillis tout le long de la côte, depuis Rio-Janeiro jusqu'à l'embouchure de la Plata, c'est-à-dire sur une étendue de 1,100

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F385 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1866. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: John Murray. 4th ed. 8th thousand. Text Image PDF

must be very large: thus, Von Eschwege gives a detailed section of these rocks, stretching from Rio de Janeiro for 260 geographical miles inland in a straight line; and I travelled for 150 miles in another direction and saw nothing but granitic rocks. Numerous specimens, collected along the whole coast from near Rio Janeiro to the mouth of the Plata, a distance of 1100 geographical miles, were examined by me, and they all belonged to this class. Inland, along the whole northern bank of the Plata I

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F674 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1867. Die Entstehung der Arten im Thier- und Pflanzen-Reich durch natürliche Zuchtwahl, oder Erhaltung der vervollkommneten Rassen im Kampfe um's Daseyn. Translated by H. G. Bronn and J. V. Carus. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. 3d ed. Text Image PDF

Gesteinen zusammengesetzte Fläche so gross wie Spanien, Frankreich, Italien, Grossbritannien und ein Theil von Deutschland zusammengenommen. Diese Ge- gend ist noch nicht genau untersucht worden, aber nach dem übereinstimmenden Zeugniss der Reisenden muss dieses grani- tische Gebiet sehr gross sein. Von Eschwege gibt einen detail- lirten Durchschnitt desselben, der sich von Rio de Janeiro an in gerader Linie 260 geographsische Meilen weit einwärts erstreckt, und ich selbst habe ihn 150 Meilen weit in

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F387 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1869. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: John Murray. 5th ed. Tenth thousand. Text Image PDF

a detailed section of these rocks, stretching from Rio de Janeiro for 260 geographical miles inland in a straight line; and I travelled for 150 miles in another direction, and saw nothing but granitic rocks. Numerous specimens, collected along the whole coast from near Rio Janeiro to the mouth of the Plata, a distance of 1100 geographical miles, were examined by me, and they all belonged to this class. Inland, along the whole northern bank of the Plata I saw, besides modern tertiary beds, only

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F937.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. vol. 2. Text Image PDF

These animals, however, offer one interesting sexual difference, namely in the musical powers possessed by the males; but to speak of music, when applied to the discordant and overwhelming sounds emitted by male bull-frogs and some other species, seems, according to our taste, a singularly inappropriate expression. Nevertheless certain frogs sing in a decidedly pleasing manner. Near Rio de Janeiro I used often to sit in the evening to listen to a number of little Hyl , which, perched on blades

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F937.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1871. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. vol. 1. Text Image PDF

between the butterflies of Borneo says, They whirl round each other with the greatest rapidity, and appear to be incited by the greatest ferocity. One case is known of a butterfly, namely the Ageronia feronia, which makes a noise like that produced by a toothed wheel passing under a spring catch, and which could be heard at the distance of several yards. At Rio de Janeiro this sound was noticed by me, only when two were chasing each other in an irregular course, so that it is probably made

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F643 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1872. Om Arternes Oprindelse ved Kvalitetsvalg eller ved de heldigst stillede Formers Sejr i Kampen for Tilværelsen. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Text Image PDF

, Italien, de britiske er og endel af Tydskland tilsammen. Denne Egn er ikke bleven omhyggelig unders gt, men efter Rejsendes enstemmige Vidnesbyrd er Granitstr kningen meget stor. Von Eschwege giver saaledes et detailleret Gjennemsnit af de Klipper, der str kke sig fra Rio de Janeiro 260 geografiske Mile ind ad Landet til i en lige Linie, og jeg selv rejste 150 Mile i en anden Retning, og saa ikke Andet end Granitklipper. Talrige Stykker, der vare samlede langs med hele Kysten, fra n r ved Rio Janeiro

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F391 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1872. The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: John Murray. 6th ed.; with additions and corrections. Eleventh thousand. Text Image PDF

region of Parime is described by Humboldt as being at least nineteen times as large as Switzerland. South of the Amazon, Boué colours an area composed of rocks of this nature as equal to that of Spain, France, Italy, part of Germany, and the British Islands, all conjoined. This region has not been carefully explored, but from the concurrent testimony of travellers, the granitic area is very large; thus, Von Eschwege gives a detailed section of these rocks, stretching from Rio de Janeiro for 260

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F660 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1873. L'origine des espèces au moyen de la sélection naturelle, ou La lutte pour l'existence dans la nature. Traduit sur l'invitation et avec l'autorisation de l'auteur sur les cinquième et sixième éditions anglaises. Augmentées d'un nouveau chapitre et de nombreuses notes et additions de l'auteur, par J.-J. Moulinié. Paris: C. Reinwald et Cie. Text Image PDF

320 PAUVRETÉ DE NOS COLLECTIONS PALÉONTOLOG1QUES. s'étendent dans l'intérieur suivant une ligne directe de 260 milles géographiques partant de Rio-de-Janeiro; et j'ai moi-même voyagé dans une'autre direction suivant un trajet de 150 milles, sans voir autre chose que des roches granitiques. J'aiexaminé de nombreux échantillons, tous appartenant à cette classe de roches, recueillis sur toute la côte de Rio-Janeiro jusqu'à la bouche du La Plata, soit une distance de 1,100 milles géographiques

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F1050.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1874. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 1. Text Image PDF

Lyden kunde h res i flere Alens Afstand. I Rio de Janeiro m rkede jeg kun noget til den Lyd, naar to Sommerfugle jog efter hinanden i uregelm ssig Fart, saa Lyden frembringes rimeligvis under Dyrenes Bejlen; men jeg fors mte at l gge videre M rke dertil2). Enhver har beundret den store Skj nhed, som er blevet mange Sommerfugle og Natsv rmere tildel; og vi komme til at sp rge, hvorledes denne Skj nhed er blevet erhvervet. Ere deres Farver og forskjellige M nstre simpelthen Resultatet af den direkte

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F275 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1874. The structure and distribution of coral reefs. 2d ed. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

, however, are recorded of anchors having long remained amidst coral-reefs without having become coated. The anchor of the Beagle, in 1832, after having been down exactly one month at Rio de Janeiro, was so thickly coated by two species of Tubularia, that large spaces of the iron were entirely concealed; the tufts of this horny zoophyte were between two and three inches in length. Spallanzani states (Travels, Eng. Translat. vol. iv. p. 313) that in the Mediterranean, the red coral of commerce is

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F944 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1874. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray. 2d ed.; tenth thousand. Text Image PDF

: I noticed this sound at Rio de Janeiro, only when two of these butterflies were chasing each other in an irregular course, so that it is probably made during the courtship of the sexes.2 1 Apatura Iris: 'The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligence,' 1859, p. 139. For the Bornean Butterflies, see C. Collingwood, 'Rambles of a Naturalist,' 1868, p. 183. 2 See my 'Journal of Researches,' 1845, p. 33. Mr. Doubleday has detected ('Proc. Ent. Soc.' March 3rd, 1845, p. 123) a peculiar membranous sac at the

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F181 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait a bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 a 1836. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF

Préface de l'auteur i Seconde préface iv Préface du traducteur vii I. — San-Iago. — Îles du Cap-Vert 1 II. — Rio de Janeiro 20 III. — Maldonado 41 IV. — Du rio Negro à Bahia Blanca 66 V. — Bahia Blanca 86 VI. — De Bahia Blanca à Buenos Ayres 113 VII. — De Buenos Ayres à Santa-Fé 131 VIII. — Le Banda oriental et la Patagonie 152 IX. — Le Santa Cruz, la Patagonie et les îles

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F1050.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2. Text Image PDF

. Men der er dog hos disse Dyr en interessant Forskjel paa Kj nnene, nemlig Hannernes musikalske Evner; men at tale om Musik, naar det gj lder om de uharmoniske og red vende Lyde, som frembringes af Peder Okse-Hannerne og nogle andre Arter, synes efter vor Smag at v re et m rkv rdig uheldigt Udtryk. Alligevel er der visse Fr er, der synge paa en afgjort behagelig Maade. N rved Rio de Janeiro plejede jeg ofte at sidde om Aftenen for at lytte til en M ngde smaa L vfr er (Hyl ), der sad paa Gr

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F1066.1 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl. Translated by J. V. Carus. 2 vols. 3d ed. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Volume 1 Text Image PDF

mehreren Yards gehört werden kann. Bei Rio de Janeiro hörte ich dieses Geräusch nur, als zwei Schmetterlinge einander in unregelmässigem Laufe jagten, so dass es wahrscheinlich während der Bewerbung der Geschlechter hervorgebracht wird*. Auch einige Nachtschmetterlinge bringen Laute hervor, z. B. die Männchen von Thecophora fovea. Bei zwei Gelegenheiten hörte Mr. Buchaxan White3, wie das Männchen von Hylophila prasinana ein scharfes schnelles Geräusch erzeugte, welches, wie er meint, in der

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F1066.2 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl. Translated by J. V. Carus. 2 vols. 3d ed. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

bezeichnet. Nichts einer entschieden gefällig In der Nähe von Rio de Janeiro ich häufig am Abend dazusitzen und auf eine Anzahl kleiner Laubfrösche zu horchen, welche auf den Grasrlächen in der Nähe des ind liebliche zirpende Töne harmonisch erklingen ihiedenen Laute »erden hauptsächlich von den Männ- chen während der Paarungsa . wie es auch der fall mit dem Quaken unserer gewöhnlichen Frösche ist '*. In üeberein- stimmung mit dieser Ihatsache sind die Stimmorgane der Männchen löher entwickelt als

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F181 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait a bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 a 1836. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF

. — — Sur la graisse dans l'alimentation, 125. — — Sur la distribution géographique des animaux, 139. Rio de Janeiro, 20. — Plata, 41. — Negro, 66, 157. — Colorado, 75. — Santa Cruz, 190. — Sauce, 113. — Salado, 126. Rocs, recouverts de matières ferrugineuses polies, 13. Rongeurs (Nombre de) en Amérique, 52, 186. — (Espèces fossiles de), 89. Rosas (Général), 74, 107, 150. Ruines de Callao, 395. — d'édifices indiens dans les Cordillères, 382, 394. S Sable échauffé par les rayons du soleil aux îles

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F181 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait a bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 a 1836. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF

symétrique. Rio de Janeiro. Du 4 avril au 5 juillet 1832. — Quelques jours après notre arrivée, je fis la connaissance d'un Anglais qui allait visiter ses propriétés, situées à un peu plus de 100 milles de la capitale, au nord du cap Frio. Il voulut bien m'offrir de l'accompagner, ce que j'acceptai avec plaisir. 8 avril. — Notre troupe se compose de sept personnes. La première étape est fort intéressante. Il fait horriblement chaud ; aussi la tranquillité la plus parfaite règne-t-elle au milieu

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F181 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait a bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 a 1836. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF

engendré par l'hivernage est admirablement réglé par le climat ordinaire du pays et non pas par la chaleur absolue. On sait qu'entre les tropiques l'hivernage ou plutôt la torpeur d'été des animaux est déterminée, non pas par la température, mais par les moments de sécheresse. Je fus d'abord très-surpris d'observer, près de Rio de Janeiro, que de nombreux coquillages, de nombreux insectes bien développés, qui avaient dû être plongés dans la torpeur, peuplaient en quelques jours les moindres

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F181 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait a bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 a 1836. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF

ce n'était que trop vrai, que l'on était en train de torturer un pauvre esclave, mais je comprenais en même temps qu'il m'était impossible d'intervenir. À Rio de Janeiro, je demeurais en face de la maison d'une vieille dame qui possédait des vis pour écraser les doigts de ses esclaves femmes. J'ai habité une maison où un jeune mulâtre était à chaque instant insulté, persécuté, battu, avec une rage qu'on n'emploierait pas contre l'animal le plus infime. Un jour j'ai vu un petit garçon, âgé de six

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F181 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait a bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 a 1836. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF

dangereuse, pourrait être fort utile à un navire en détresse. On peut facilement le reconnaître à une colline de 1600 pieds de haut, plus parfaitement conique encore que la fameuse montagne en pain de sucre de Rio de Janeiro. Nous jetons l'ancre dans ce port et je profite de notre séjour pour faire l'ascension de cette colline. C'est là une excursion fort pénible, car les flancs sont tellement abrupts, qu'en quelques endroits je suis obligé de grimper sur les arbres. Il me faut traverser aussi

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F181 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1875. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde fait a bord du navire le Beagle de 1831 a 1836. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text Image PDF

appartenait à la même race que les sauvages ignobles, infects, que nous avons vus à la Terre de Feu, et que probablement il avait le même caractère qu'eux. Fuegia Basket, enfin, était une jeune fille gentille, modeste, réservée, aux traits assez agréables, mais qui quelquefois s'assombrissaient ; elle apprenait tout fort vite, et surtout les langues. Nous eûmes la preuve de cette étonnante facilité par la quantité d'espagnol et de portugais qu'elle apprit en fort peu de temps à Rio de Janeiro et à

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F174 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Rejse om Jorden. Populære Skildringer. Translated by Emil Chr. Hansen and Alfred Jørgensen. Copenhagen: Salmonsen. Text Image PDF

Andet Kapitel. Rio de Janeiro. — Udflugt nord for Kap Frio. — Stor Fordampning. — Slaveri. — Botofogo-Bugten. — Jord-Planarier. — Skyer paa Corcovado, — Voldsom Regn. — Syngende Fr er. — Lysende Insekter. — En Smelders Springeevne. — Blaa Taage. — St j, frembragt af en Sommerfugl. — Om Insekterne. — Myrer. — En Hveps, der dr ber en Edderkop. — Snyltende Edderkop. — En Korsedderkops List — Koloni-Edderkop. — En Edderkop med et usymmetrisk V v. Rio de Janeiro. Fra 4. April til 5. Juli. Faa Dage

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F174 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Rejse om Jorden. Populære Skildringer. Translated by Emil Chr. Hansen and Alfred Jørgensen. Copenhagen: Salmonsen. Text Image PDF

Indhold. Charles Darwin En biografisk Skizze………..XI—XXIII. Side.' F rste Kapitel. Porto Praya. — Ribeira Grande. — Atmosf risk St v med Infusorier. — En Havsnegls og en Bl kspruttes Levemaade. — Insekter som de f rste Beboere paa er. — Fernando Noronha. — Bahia. — Polerede Klipper. — En Diodons Levemaade. — Pelagiske Conferver og Infusorier. — Aarsagerne til Havvandets Farvning………………………………………………… 3 Andet Kapitel. Rio de Janeiro. — Udflugt nord for Kap Frio. — Stor Fordampning. — Slaveri

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F661 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. L'origine des espèces au moyen de la sélection naturelle, ou La lutte pour l'existence dans la nature. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: C. Reinwald. Text PDF

368 INSUFFISANCE DES DOCUMENTS GÉOLOGIQUES. le soin désirable, mais tous les voyageurs confirment l'extension immense de la' surface granitique ; ainsi, von Eschvvege donne une coupe détaillée de ces roches qui s'étendent en droite ligne dans l'intérieur'jusqu'à 260 milles géographiques de Rio de Janeiro ; j'ai fait moi-même 150 milles dans une autre direction, sans voir autre chose que des roches granitiques. J'ai examiné de nombreux spécimens, recueillis sur toute la côte depuis Rio de

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A1014.2 Book: Wallace, A. R. 1876. The geographical distribution of animals; with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface. London: Macmillan & Co. vol. 2. Text

LEPORIDæ. 115. Lepus 1 Central Brazil and Andes, Costa Rica to Mexico All regions but Austral. EDENTATA. BRADYPODIDæ. 116. Cholœpus 2 Costa Rica to Brazil 117. Bradypus 2 Amazon to Rio de Janeiro 118. Arctopithecus 8 Costa Rica to Brazil and Bolivia DASYPODIDæ. 119. Tatusia 5 Rio Grande, Texas, to Patagonia 120. Prionodontes 1 Surinam to Paraguay 121. Dasypus 4 Brazil to Chili and La Plata, Costa Rica? 122. Xenurus 3 Guiana to Paraguay, Costa Rica? 123. Tolypeutes 2 Bolivia and La Plata 124

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F276 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d ed. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

observations communicated to me by Mr. Fox, the coast from Rio de Janeiro to the mouth of the Plata seems everywhere to be granitic, with a few trappean dikes. At Port Alegre, near the boundary of Brazil, there are porphyries and diorites.1 At the mouth of the Plata, I examined the country for twenty- 1 M. Isabelle, 'Voyage Buenos Ayres,' p. 479. [page] 42

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F276 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d ed. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

La Plata, it may be worth while just to state, that there is some evidence that the coast of Brazil has participated in a small amount of elevation. Mr. Burchell informs me, that he collected at Santos (lat. 24 S.) oyster-shells, apparently recent, some miles from the shore, and quite above the tidal action. Westward of Rio de Janeiro, Capt. Elliot is asserted (see Harlan, 'Med. and Phys. Res.,' p. 35, and Dr. Meigs, in 'Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc.'), to have found human bones, encrusted with sea

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F677 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Über die Entstehung der Arten durch natürliche Zuchtwahl oder Erhaltung der begünstigten Rassen im Kampfe um's Dasein. Translated by H. G. Bronn and J. V. Carus. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. 6th ed. Text Image PDF

Gesteinen zusammengesetzte Fläche so groß wie Spanien, Frankreich, Italien, Großbritanien und ein Theil von Deutschland zusammengenommen. Diese Gegend ist noch nicht genau untersucht worden, aber nach dem übereinstimmenden Zeugnisse der Reisenden muß dieses granitische Gebiet sehr groß sein. Von Eschwege gibt einen detallirten Durchschnitt desselben, der sich von Rio de Janeiro an in gerader Linie 260 geographische Meilen weit landeinwärts erstreckt, und ich selbst habe ihn 150 Meilen weit in einer

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F276 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d ed. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

. America Climate of the tertiary period On the causes of the absence of recent conchiferous deposits on the coasts of S. America On the contemporaneous deposition and preservation of sedimentary formations . . . . . . . . . 370 CHAPTER XIII. PLUTONIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS: CLEAVAGE AND FOLIATION. Brazil, Bahia, gneiss with disjointed metamorphosed dikes Strike of foliation Rio de Janeiro, gneiss-granite, embedded fragment in, decomposition of La Plata, metamorphic and old volcanic rocks of S

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CUL-DAR26.1-121 Draft: [1876--1882.04.00] 'Recollections of the development of my mind and character' [autobiography] author's fair copy Text Image

Addendum held — or was held in my time, by all on board. I remember hearing a curious instance of this in the case of the purser of the Adventure, — the ship which sailed with the Beagle during the first voyage. The Purser was in a store in Rio de Janeiro, purchasing rum for the ship's company, a little gentleman in plain clothes walked in. The Purser said to him, Now Sir, be so kind as to taste this rum, give me your opinion of it. The gentleman did as he was asked, soon left the store. The

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F276 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d ed. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

CHAPTER XIII. PLUTONIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS: CLEAVAGE AND FOLIATION. Brazil, Bahia, gneiss with disjointed metamorphosed dikes Strike of foliation Rio de Janeiro, gneiss-granite, embedded fragment in, decomposition of La Plata, metamorphic and old volcanic rocks of S. Ventana Claystone porphyry formation of Patagonia; singular metamorphic rocks; speudo-dikes Falkland Islands, pal ozoic fossils of Tierra del Fuego, clay-slate formation, cretaceous fossils of; cleavage and foliation; form of

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F276 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d ed. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

, 537 Clayslate, its decomposition and junction with granite, at the Cape of Good Hope, 167 formation of, T. del Fuego, 441 of Concepcion, 457 felspathic, of Chile, 471, 475, 482 felspathic, of the Uspallata range, 517, 520 black siliceous, band of, in porphyritic formations of Chile, 477 Claystone-porphyry, formation of, in Chile, 472 origin of, 477 eruptive sources of, 575 Cleavage, of clayslate in Australia, 147 definition of, 424 at Bahia, 425 Rio de Janeiro, 245 Maldonado, 429 [page] 63

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F174 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Rejse om Jorden. Populære Skildringer. Translated by Emil Chr. Hansen and Alfred Jørgensen. Copenhagen: Salmonsen. Text Image PDF

ret behageligt, men dog undertiden vrantent Aasyn. Hun l rte hurtigt Alt, is r Sprog; dette viste hun f. Ex. derved, at hun havde opsnappet noget Portugisisk og Spansk, skj ndt hun kun havde v ret en kort Tid i Land i Rio de Janeiro og Monte Video, og endvidere ved sit Kjendskab til det Engelske. York Minster var meget skinsyg paa Enhver, som viste hende Opm rksomhed, og han havde aabenbart besluttet at gifte sig med hende, saa snart de havde bosat sig paa Bredden. Omendskj ndt alle Tre saavel

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A1014.2 Book: Wallace, A. R. 1876. The geographical distribution of animals; with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface. London: Macmillan & Co. vol. 2. Text

toes on fore limbs, sexes alike, Central Brazil, Amazon to Rio de Janeiro; Arctopithecus (8 sp.), Sloths with three toes on fore limbs, males with a coloured patch on the back, Costa Rica to Brazil and Eastern Bolivia (Plate XIV., vol. ii. p. 24). [page] 24

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crystalline metamorphic rocks. I mention this, because I found near Rio de Janeiro a well-defined angular fragment, seven yards long by two yards in breadth, of gneiss containing garnets and mica in layers, enclosed in the ordinary, stratified, porphyritic gneiss of the country. The lamin of the fragment and of the surrounding matrix ran in exactly the same direction, but they dipped at different angles. I do not wish to affirm that this singular fragment (a solitary case, as far as I know

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F276 Book: Darwin, C. R. 1876. Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d ed. London: Smith Elder and Co. Text Image PDF

angle of the Australian continent: the whole country is granitic, with the constituent minerals sometimes obscurely arranged in straight or curved lamin . In these cases, the rock would be called by Humboldt, gneiss-granite, and it is remarkable that the form of the bare conical hills, appearing to be composed of great folding layers, strikingly resembles, on a small scale, those composed of gneiss-granite at Rio de Janeiro, and those described by Humboldt at Venezuela. These plutonic rocks are