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• 1event in this quiet retired corner of the world; and nearly
• 2of Composit?) is scarcely so tall as our gorse. The best
• 3of Composit?) is scarcely so tall as our gorse. The best
• 4there was a layer of earth about a foot deep, which must
• 5the moving ray. Inhaling sibilantly, Max leaped after her.
• 6the wings eight and a half feet, and from beak to tail
• 7undulating moorland; the surface being covered by light
• 8April 29th. — From some high land we hailed with joy
• 9church bell by guess. The arrival of our boats was a rare
• 10bird? And will not the manner of its descent proclaim throughout
• 11at the head of which there was a trickling rill (the first
• 12The valley was pretty well sheltered from the cold wind;
• 13he often spent much time with the white foreman of the
• 14position the outlines of the separate and great terminal
• 15condor sold for sixpence, but the common price is eight
• 16had not been carried there. I should not have supposed
• 17They were approaching the river, and there was a fog to-night!
• 18Thus we find in South America three birds which use their
• 19very closely resembles the head of a vulture; but the lower
• 20fear of the foxes: and it is perhaps from the same cause
• 21He ducked rapidly, almost touching the muddy water with
• 22which front the long line of the Patagonian coast, sweep
• 23four feet. This bird is known to have a wide geographical
• 24Near Port Pleasant dark brown prevails, whereas south of
• 25Three or four inches of water now flooded the cave of the
• 26fine blue colour, but with a slight milky tinge, and not
• 27any spot, their flight is beautiful. Except when rising
• 28to have deceived a dog. The evidence in favour of and against
• 29Indian family, who had come to trade in a canoe from Caylen,
• 30productions throughout Patagonia is one of its most striking
• 31balanced. Professor Owen has demonstrated that the olfactory
• 32This archipelago is situated in nearly the same latitude
• 33one of our party was unable anywhere to purchase either
• 34The valley was pretty well sheltered from the cold wind;
• 35and hence the stream more rapid. It here ran at the rate
• 36suppose is sufficient for this. However this may be, it
• 37To his host he explained that he was moving his safari
• 38days’ expedition. Every one, excepting myself, had cause
• 39surface. The actual depth is probably great, because the
• 40the possession of these miserable islands had been contested
• 41or hedges under water, many fish which are left on the
• 42Then dropping his hat to mark the spot where the balls
• 43and of granite. The plain bordering the valley had here
• 44for when this bird has not space to run, it cannot give
• 45fowls, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, and cattle; the order
• 46watching the carcass, has sprung out to drive away the
• 47that it was fairly pitched up in the air, and thus turned?
• 48section within these valleys the bottom is nearly level,
• 49steps were ahead of him, and then a long brick tunnel in
• 50might be seen a small flock of wild geese, and everywhere