 | 1819 - 552 pages
...but little the approach of a boat, we had the pleasure of viewing them pace slowly along the shore, till they disappeared in the forest, which they entered...that appears upon the shore; and now the hocco, with its black plumage and its tufted head, that moves slowly along the sausoes. Animals of the most different... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 602 pages
...genus, approaching the alchornea of Swarte. (Se« our PUnUs Equinox., voL • . , P- 168, pi. xlvi.) till they disappeared in the forest, which they entered...savage . nature. Now it is the jaguar, the beautiful, _ panther of America, that appears upon the shore ; and now the hocco * with it's black plumage and... | |
 | 1819 - 304 pages
...of study : it is connected wilh a feeling common to all men, who hnve been brought up in the hahits of civilization. You find yourself in a new world,...that appears upon the shore; and now the hocco with its black ldnmage and its tufted head, that moves slowly along the saustn-s. Animals of the most different... | |
 | 1820 - 848 pages
...bushes. I confess that these scenes, which were often repeated, had ever for me a peculiar atlraction. The pleasure •they excite, is not owing solely to...untamed and savage nature. Now it is the jaguar, the the beautiful panther of America, that appears upon the shore ; and now the hocco with it's black plumage... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 pages
...till they disappeared in the forest, through the passages they had themselves formed. We were here in a new world, in the midst of untamed and savage nature. Sometimes we beheld the jaguar, the beautiful panther of America, appearing on the shore ; sometimes... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 538 pages
...castaneitblia. This is a new genus, approaching the alchornea of Swartz. 154 OEOUPS or CROCODILES. they excite is not owing solely to the interest which...world, in the midst of untamed and savage nature. Now the jaguar, — the beautiful panther of America, — appears upon the shore ; and now the hocco,*... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 540 pages
...castaneifolia. This is a new genus, approaching the alchornea of Swartz. 154 GBOUPS OF CBOCODILES. they excite is not owing solely to the interest which...have been brought up in the habits of civilization. Tou find yourself in a new world, in the midst of untamed and savage nature. Now the jaguar, — the... | |
 | George Kish - 1978 - 482 pages
...in the forest, which they entered by one of the narrow passes left at intervals between the bushes. These scenes, which were often repeated, had ever...world, in the midst of untamed and savage nature. Now the jaguar, — the beautiful panther of America, — appears upon the shore ; and now the hocco, with... | |
 | Aaron Sachs - 2007 - 516 pages
...and Amazon systems, Humboldt was finally immersed in a universe of wonders equal to his imagination. "You find yourself in a new world, in the midst of untamed and savage nature," he wrote, referring to the first day of this journey. He would stare, entranced, at jaguars, tapirs,... | |
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I confess that these scenes, which were often repeated, had ever for me a peculiar attraction. The pleasure they excite, is not owing solely to the interest which the naturalist takes in the objects of his study; it is connected with a feeling common... 
