 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 852 pagine
...broken mass of wild mountains, barren, rocks, and dreary, unproductive forests, and these gloomy objects are viewed through mists and endless storms. The habitable land is reduced to the stones which form the beach. In search of food, they are compelled to wander from spot to spot, and so steep... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 602 pagine
...habitable land is reduced to the stones on the beach. In search of food they are compelled to wander from spot to spot; and so steep is the coast, that they can only move about in their canoes. Whenever it is low water, winter or summer, night or day, they must rise to pick limpets from... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 500 pagine
...habitable land is reduced to the stones on the beach. In search of food they are compelled to wander from spot to spot ; and so steep is the coast that they can only move about in their canoes. Whenever it is low water, winter or summer, night or day, they must rise to pick limpets from... | |
 | Georg Ludwig Hartwig - 1869 - 614 pagine
...the habitat^ land is reduced to the stones on the beach. In searcof food they are compelled to wander from spot to spot: and so steep is the coast, that they can only move about H their canoes. Whenever it is low water, winter or summf' night or day, they must rise to pick limpets... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 776 pagine
...habitable land is reduced to the stones on the beach. In search of food they are compelled to wander from spot to spot ; and so steep is the coast that they can only move about in their canoeS. Whenever it is low water, winter or summer, night or day, they must rise to pick limpets from... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1877 - 876 pagine
...habitable land is reduced to the stones on the beach. In search of food they are compelled to wander from spot to spot ; and so steep is the coast that they can only move about in thtir canoes. Whenever it is low water, winter or summer, night or day, they must rise to pick limpets... | |
 | Cunningham Geikie - 1881 - 524 pagine
...be occasionally seen from the Siberian headlands. " Terra del Fuego," says Mr. Darwin, " is a broken mass of wild rocks, lofty hills, and useless forests, and these are viewed through mists and 1 Chips, vol. iv. p. 360. endless storms. The habitable land is reduced to the stones of the beach.... | |
 | Day-dawn - 1882 - 224 pagine
...island known as Terra del Fuego ? Of it Darwin says — " It is a broken mass of wild rocks, elevated hills, and useless forests, and these are viewed through...storms. The habitable land is reduced to the stones on the beach. In search of food the people are compelled to wander unceasingly from spot to spot, and... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1884 - 538 pagine
...be occasionally seen from the Siberian headlands. " Terra del Fuego," says Mr. Darwin, " is a broken mass of wild rocks, lofty hills, and useless forests, and these are viewed through mists and 1 Chips, vol. iv. p. 360. 8 Times, December 30th, 1867. endless storms. The habitable land is reduced... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1889 - 628 pagine
...territory. The cause of their warfare appears to be the means of subsistence. Their country is a broken mass of wild rocks, lofty hills, and useless forests...storms. The habitable land is reduced to the stones on the beach. In search of food they are compelled unceasingly to wander from spot to spot ; and so... | |
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Their country is a broken mass of wild rocks, lofty hills, and useless forests: and these are viewed through mists and endless storms. The habitable land is reduced to the stones on the beach; in search of food they are compelled unceasingly to wander... 
