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... season selected for travelling , they may visit all the accessible parts of the continent with perfect ease , and with no more risk of injury to health , or of bodily discomfort , than they incur in a summer excursion in Europe . The ...
... season selected for travelling , they may visit all the accessible parts of the continent with perfect ease , and with no more risk of injury to health , or of bodily discomfort , than they incur in a summer excursion in Europe . The ...
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... season is primarily to be considered . It being admitted that the origin of these disturbances is to be sought in ... seasons in some parts of the world has scarcely been sufficiently noted in connection with the ordinary rules for the ...
... season is primarily to be considered . It being admitted that the origin of these disturbances is to be sought in ... seasons in some parts of the world has scarcely been sufficiently noted in connection with the ordinary rules for the ...
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... seasons . Such a correction could not , of course , be made avail- able in very variable climates , such as that of the ... season must in the mid- Atlantic extend even much farther south . With generally fair settled weather , the ...
... seasons . Such a correction could not , of course , be made avail- able in very variable climates , such as that of the ... season must in the mid- Atlantic extend even much farther south . With generally fair settled weather , the ...
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... season the Southern Cross was above the horizon about nightfall , and was made out by the practised eyes of some of the officers ; but , in truth , it remains a somewhat insignificant object when seen from the northern side of the ...
... season the Southern Cross was above the horizon about nightfall , and was made out by the practised eyes of some of the officers ; but , in truth , it remains a somewhat insignificant object when seen from the northern side of the ...
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... nevertheless the first peep of the tropics did not fail to present abundant matter of interest . In this part of the world the dry season , now coming to an end , is the winter of vegetation , and , of course , there was not very much.
... nevertheless the first peep of the tropics did not fail to present abundant matter of interest . In this part of the world the dry season , now coming to an end , is the winter of vegetation , and , of course , there was not very much.
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Aconcagua Adelaide Island appearance ascending botanist Brazil Buenos Ayres Callao Cape Froward Cauquenes Central Chili channel Chicla Chilian climate coast continent Cordillera Demy 8vo distance English Europe European excursion Fahr Fcap feet in height flowers forest hills hundred feet inches interest Iquique island land latitude Lima mean temperature metres miles Mollendo morning mountain native naturalist nearly night northern numerous observations Pacific passed passengers Patagonia peaks Peru Peruvian plants Punta Arenas railway rain rainfall range reached region remarkable river rocks Santiago scarcely sea-level season Second Edition seemed seen ship shore shrubs side slight slopes Small crown 8vo snow South America southern hemisphere species station steamer Straits of Magellan stream summit surface thermometer thousand feet tion town travellers trees tropical Uruguay Uspallata Pass valley Valparaiso vegetation voyage weather Wellington Island western zone
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