Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804, by A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland, Volume 2 |
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Page 115
... the impetuosity of this unequal combat diminished , and the wearied gymnoti dispersed . They require a long rest , and abundant nourishment , to repair the galvanic force which 116 SIZE OF THE GYMNOTUS . they have lost . I 2.
... the impetuosity of this unequal combat diminished , and the wearied gymnoti dispersed . They require a long rest , and abundant nourishment , to repair the galvanic force which 116 SIZE OF THE GYMNOTUS . they have lost . I 2.
Page 116
... gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes . I measured some that were from five feet to five feet three inches long ; and the Indians assert that they have seen them still larger . We found that a fish of three feet ten inches long ...
... gymnotus is the largest of electrical fishes . I measured some that were from five feet to five feet three inches long ; and the Indians assert that they have seen them still larger . We found that a fish of three feet ten inches long ...
Page 117
... gymnotus that had sprung out of the water , die on the ground . M. Provençal and myself have proved by our researches on the respiration of fishes , that their humid bronchia perform the double function of decomposing the atmospheric ...
... gymnotus that had sprung out of the water , die on the ground . M. Provençal and myself have proved by our researches on the respiration of fishes , that their humid bronchia perform the double function of decomposing the atmospheric ...
Page 118
... gymnotus , and the small space occupied by its muscular system ! This contrast reminds the observer , that three functions of animal life , which appear in other re- spects sufficiently distinct , -the functions of the brain , those of ...
... gymnotus , and the small space occupied by its muscular system ! This contrast reminds the observer , that three functions of animal life , which appear in other re- spects sufficiently distinct , -the functions of the brain , those of ...
Page 119
... gymnotus , in their expressive language , arimna , which means ' something that deprives of motion . The sensation caused by the feeble shocks of an electric eel appeared to me analogous to that painful twitching with which I have been ...
... gymnotus , in their expressive language , arimna , which means ' something that deprives of motion . The sensation caused by the feeble shocks of an electric eel appeared to me analogous to that painful twitching with which I have been ...
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Amazon America ancient Angostura animals appear Apure Aragua Atabapo Atures banks boat Bonpland Cabruta cacao Calabozo called Caño canoe Caracas Caribs Carichana cassava Cassiquiare cataracts coast colour contain Cordillera covered crocodiles cultivated curare earth east eggs electric Encaramada Esmeralda Europe Father feet fish forests fruit Gili gneiss granite Grenada grünstein Guaviare Guiana gymnotus hornblende humidity hundred Indians inhabitants insects island jaguar Javita Jesuits juice lake latitude leagues Llanos Lower Orinoco Mariara Maypures Meta mission missionary monkeys monks mosquitos mountains mouth nations natives night Nueva Valencia observed Omaguas Orinoco Ottomacs palm-trees passed plains plants Porto Cabello Raudal resembles Rio Negro rise river rocks San Fernando savannahs shore soil Spanish species spot steppes strata Tamanacs temperature toises torrid zone trees tribes tributary streams Upper Orinoco Uruana Valencia valleys of Aragua vegetation Ventuari village zancudos