CHARLES DARWIN-1901-JOURNAL of RESEARCHES-NATURALIST VOYAGE:BEAGLE-GALAPAGOS-MAP

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"A NATURALIST'S VOYAGE" JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF HMS BEAGLE ROUND THE WORLD Under the Command of Cptn. Fitz Roy BY CHARLES DARWIN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON, JOHN MURRAY 1901 ******* BOOK DESCRIPTION : Original green cloth boards. i-xiv, [15]-16-521 pp. 16 plates . Freeman: F97 CONDITION : VERY GOOD. Covers are very clean and bright. Minor wear only. Binding intact, though weak at front hinge with splitting. Scattered foxing throughout. Previous name on front endpaper and bookplate of R W Kennon. A very good copy of an Edwardian issue, by John Murray, of Darwin's first book. *************** Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! Check out my other items !Sign up for PayPal ; the fast, easy, and secure way to pay online. I ALWAYS COMBINE POSTAGE for those who win more than 1 item. If you are bidding on more than 1 item there is no need to pay until they've all closed. I now post to trusted customers on receipt of cheques/e-cheques . Quick payment is appreciated, but let me know if you need time. If you are unhappy with any purchase please return within 14 days for a refund . I have a 100% feedback record and always try and describle items as honestly as possible. Please E-mail me with any questions. CONTENTS: CHAPTER I. Porto Praya — Ribeiva 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 Confervas and Infusoria — Causes of discoloured Sea. CHAPTER II. Rio de Janeiro — Excursion north of Cape Frio — Great Evaporation Slavery — Botofogo Bay — Terrestrial Planaria? — Clouds on the Corcovado — Heavy Rain — Musical Frogs — Phosphorescent Insects — Elater, springing powers of — Blue Haze — Noise made by a Butterfly — Entomology — Ants — Wasp killing a Spider — Parasitical Spider — Artifices of an Epeira — Gregarious Spider — Spider with an unsymmetrical Web CHAPTER III. Montevideo — Maldonado — Excursion to R. Polanco — Lazo and Bolas — Partridges — Absence of Trees — Deer — Capybara, or River Hog — Tucutuco — Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits — Tyrant Flycatcher — Mocking-bird — Carrion Hawks — Tubes formed by Lightning — House struck CHAPTER IV. Eio Negro — Estancias attacked by the Indians — Salt Lakes — Flamingoes — E. Negro to R. Colorado — Sacred Tree — Pata- goniau Hare — Indian Families — General Rosas — Proceed to Pallia Elanca — Sand Dunes — Negi'o Lieutenant — Bahia Blanca — Saline Incrustations — Punta Alta — Zorillo . CHAPTER V. Bahia Blanca — Geology — Numerous gigantic extinct Quadrupeds — Recent Extinction — Longevit}^ 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 — Hyber- nation of Animals — Habits of Sea-Pen — Indian Wars and Massacres — Arrow-head — Antiquarian Relic CHAPTER VL Set out for Buenos Ayres — Rio Sauce — Sierra Ventana — Third Posta — Driving Horses — Bolas — Partridges and Foxes — Features of the Country — Long-legged Plover — Teru-tero — Hailstorm — Natural Enclosures in the Sierra Tapalguen — Flesh of Puma — Meat Diet ~ Guardia del Monte — Effects of Cattle on the Vegetation — Cardoon — Buenos Ayres — Corral where Cattle are slaughtered CHAPTER VII. Excursion to St. Fe — Thistle-Beds — Habits ... read more

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