Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates; with Scientific ElucidationsLea and Blanchard, 1849 - 475 Seiten |
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Seite 214 - American lion, the peccary, ( the sloth, and a host of parrots, of parraquas, and other pheasantrlike birds. When the tigers came near the edge of the forest, our dog, which had before barked incessantly, came howling to seek refuge under our hammocks. Sometimes the cry of the tiger was heard to proceed from amidst the high branches of a tree, and was...
Seite 232 - The carpet of flowers and of verdure spread over the naked crust of our planet is unequally woven ; it is thicker where the sun rises high in the ever-cloudless heavens, and thinner towards the poles, in the less happy climes where returning frosts often destroy the opening buds of spring, or the ripening fruits of autumn. Everywhere, however, man finds some plants to minister to his support and enjoyment.