The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise : a Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and NatureHarper & Brother, 1885 - 638 páginas |
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... character of the vegetation and the forms of life . This is the case , however , to a very limited extent ; and we shall presently see that , although this development of subterranean fires is on so vast a scale , has piled up chains of ...
... character of the vegetation and the forms of life . This is the case , however , to a very limited extent ; and we shall presently see that , although this development of subterranean fires is on so vast a scale , has piled up chains of ...
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... character extends in a lesser degree to Flores , Sumbawa , Lombock , and Bali . In Timor the most common trees are Eucalypti of several species , so characteristic of Australia , with sandal - wood , acacia , and other sorts in less ...
... character extends in a lesser degree to Flores , Sumbawa , Lombock , and Bali . In Timor the most common trees are Eucalypti of several species , so characteristic of Australia , with sandal - wood , acacia , and other sorts in less ...
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... character that these great islands must have once formed a part of the continent , and could only have been separated at a very recent geological epoch . The elephant and tapir of Sumatra and Borneo , the rhinoceros of Sumatra and the ...
... character that these great islands must have once formed a part of the continent , and could only have been separated at a very recent geological epoch . The elephant and tapir of Sumatra and Borneo , the rhinoceros of Sumatra and the ...
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... character ; and more detailed research , continued for eight years , satisfied me that under these two forms , as types , the whole of the peoples of the Malay Archipelago and Polynesia could be classified . On drawing the line which ...
... character ; and more detailed research , continued for eight years , satisfied me that under these two forms , as types , the whole of the peoples of the Malay Archipelago and Polynesia could be classified . On drawing the line which ...
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... the reader better to apprehend the importance I attach to the details of physical form or moral character which I shall give in describing the inhabitants of many of the islands . CHAPTER II . SINGAPORE . A SKETCH OF THE TOWN.
... the reader better to apprehend the importance I attach to the details of physical form or moral character which I shall give in describing the inhabitants of many of the islands . CHAPTER II . SINGAPORE . A SKETCH OF THE TOWN.
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abundant Alfuros allied Amboyna animal Archipelago Aru Islands Australia bamboo Batchian beautiful beetles birds of paradise boat Borneo Bouru brought Bugis butterflies Celebes Ceram chief close coast coffee collections color coral cultivated curious district Dutch Dyaks east European feathers feet high forest fruit Galela genus Gilolo ground Guinea hills hundred inches inhabitants insects island Java Javanese land leaves Lombock luxuriant Macassar Malacca Malay Malay Archipelago Malay race male Menado mias miles Moluccas morning mountain Mysol native never night obtained orang Papilio Papuan paradise birds passed peculiar plants plumage Portuguese praus produce race Rajah rare reached resembling rice river rock scarce seems seen side skin soon species specimens spot staid stay stream Sumatra tail Ternate thing Tidore Timor tion trees tropical vegetation village volcanic Waigiou walk whole wind wings
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