It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gazed on the land where I, at least, eventually spent eleven of the best years of my life.
It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gaze… - Henry Walter Bates
It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gaze…
- Henry Walter Bates
The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger. - Henry Walter Bates
The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.
The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English,… - Henry Walter Bates
The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English,…
Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident … - Henry Walter Bates
Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident …
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill … - Henry Walter Bates
The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill …
I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters, p… - Henry Walter Bates
I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters, p…
... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes o… - Henry Walter Bates
... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes o…
I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the human heart and mind. - Henry Walter Bates
I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to fill the human heart and mind.
The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the m… - Henry Walter Bates
The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the m…
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