A Journey in BrazilTicknor and Fields, 1868 - Всего страниц: 540 |
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Стр. i - Come, wander with me," she said, "Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God. And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Стр. 115 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
Стр. 494 - It is strange that the development of this branch of industry should not even have begun in Brazil, for the rivers which flow past these magnificent forests seem meant to serve, first as a water-power for the saw-mills which ought to be established along their borders, and then as a means of transportation for the material so provided, Setting aside the woods as timber, what shall I say of the mass of fruits, resins, oils, coloring matters , textile fibres , which they yield?
Стр. 356 - Perhaps it is the general aspect of incompleteness and decay, the absence of energy and enterprise, making the lavish gifts of Nature of no avail. In the midst of a country which should be overflowing with agricultural products, neither milk, nor butter, nor cheese, nor vegetables, nor fruit, are to be had. You constantly hear people complaining of the difficulty of procuring even the commonest articles of domestic consumption, when, in fact, they ought to be produced by every land-owner.
Стр. 242 - The situation of -this- sitio is exceedingly pretty, and as we sit around the table in our open, airy dining-room, surrounded by the forest, we command a view of the lake and wooded hillside opposite and of the little landing below, where are moored our ** This relation is a much.
Стр. 87 - ... separately. These decomposed rocks are quite a new feature in the structure of the surface of the country. Granite, gneiss, mica slate, clay slate, in fact all the various kinds of rocks usually found in old metamorphic formations, are reduced to the condition of a soft paste, exhibiting all the mineralogical elements of the rocks as they may have been before they were decomposed, but now completely disintegrated, and resting side by side, as if they had been accumulated artificially. Through...
Стр. 89 - It is obvious that the warm rains, falling upon the heated soil, must have a very powerful action in accelerating the decomposition of rocks ; it is like torrents of hot water falling for ages in succession upon hot stones...
Стр. 256 - The former has a healthful out-door life ; she has her canoe on the lake or river, and her paths through the forest, with perfect liberty to come and go ; she has her appointed daily occupations, being busy not only with the care of her house and children, but in making farinha or tapioca, or in drying and rolling tobacco, while the men are fishing and turtle-hunting ; and she has her frequent festa-days to enliven her working-life.
Стр. 410 - I am, indeed, quite willing to admit that, from the nature of the circumstances, I have not here the positive evidence which has guided me in my previous glacial investigations.
Стр. 351 - ... no less rich and varied than the vegetation, our boat glided slowly for hours. The number and variety of birds struck me with astonishment. The coarse, sedgy grasses on either side were full of water birds, one of the most common of which was a small chestnut-brown wading bird, the...