The Romance of Natural History
The Romance of Natural History
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The traveller enjoys, in anticipation, the happy moment when he shall first behold the constel- lation of the Cross, and the Magellanic clouds circling over the South Pole ; when he shall come in sight of N 194 THE MEMORABLE.
the snow of the Chimborazo, and of the column of smoke ascending from the Volcano of Quito ; when, for the first time, he shall gaze on a grove of tree-ferns, or on the wide expanse of the Pacific Ocean. The days on which such wishes are fulfilled mark epochs in life, and ...create indelible impressions ; exciting feelings which require not to be accounted for by a process of reason- ing. "* * Views of Nature, p. 417.
VIII. THE RECLUSE.
THERE are regions where the presence of man is a thing so totally out of experience, that the wild animals manifest no sort of dread of him when he does by accident intrude on their solitude. In the Galapagos Islands, perhaps the most singular land in the world, all the animals appear quite devoid of the fear of man. Cowley, in 1684, observed that the doves there "were so tame that they would often alight on our hats and arms, so as that we could take them alive/' Darwin saw a boy sitting by a well with a switch, with which he killed the doves and finches as they came to drink.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The traveller enjoys, in anticipation, the happy moment when he shall first behold the constel- lation of the Cross, and the Magellanic clouds circling over the South Pole ; when he shall come in sight of N 194 THE MEMORABLE.
the snow of the Chimborazo, and of the column of smoke ascending from the Volcano of Quito ; when, for the first time, he shall gaze on a grove of tree-ferns, or on the wide expanse of the Pacific Ocean. The days on which such wishes are fulfilled mark epochs in life, and ...create indelible impressions ; exciting feelings which require not to be accounted for by a process of reason- ing. "* * Views of Nature, p. 417.
VIII. THE RECLUSE.
THERE are regions where the presence of man is a thing so totally out of experience, that the wild animals manifest no sort of dread of him when he does by accident intrude on their solitude. In the Galapagos Islands, perhaps the most singular land in the world, all the animals appear quite devoid of the fear of man. Cowley, in 1684, observed that the doves there "were so tame that they would often alight on our hats and arms, so as that we could take them alive/' Darwin saw a boy sitting by a well with a switch, with which he killed the doves and finches as they came to drink.
What to read after The Romance of Natural History?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Philip Henry Gosse to read onlineMoreLess
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