The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 _ The Land - Alfred Russel Wallace

physical or climatal divisions of the surface. The great volcanic chain runs through both parts ...

shifted their points of greatest action, these islands would sometimes become connected with the land on o ...

the very limited data afforded by the depth of the waters. Here the naturalist steps in, and enables him to f ...

much of their language, their domestic animals, and their customs far over the Pacific, into islands ...

CHAPTER II. SINGAPORE. (A SKETCH OF THE TOWN AND ISLAND AS SEEN DURING SEVERAL VISITS FROM 1854 TO ...

and on good security, he makes hard bargains, and gets fatter and richer every year. In the Chinese bazaar ...

expulsion, and sometimes death, every province—even those farthest in the interior—has a permanent Jes ...

person unassisted to get out of one. Formerly a sharp stake was stuck erect in the bottom; but after an ...

CHAPTER III. MALACCA AND MOUNT OPHIR. (JULY TO SEPTEMBER, 1854.) BIRDS and most other kinds of animals being ...

endeavour to endure such an atmosphere. The origin of this town, as the natives say, was very small, only ...

whether as regards comfort or appearance. The loosely-hanging trousers, and neat white half-shirt half-jacket, are ...

At Ayer-panas we had a comfortable house to stay in, and plenty of room to dry and preserve our spec ...

probably attach themselves to deer or other animals which frequent the forest paths, and have thus acqui ...

rather warm, and we all quenched our thirst from these natural jugs. Farther on we came to forest again, b ...

them for a week, shooting and insect-hunting, and roaming about the forests at the foot of the mountain. This ...

CHAPTER IV. BORNEO—THE ORANGUTAN. I ARRIVED at Sarawak on November 1st, 1854, and left it on January 25th, In ...

characteristic of the district. On the slope of the hill near its foot a patch of forest had been clear ...

I collected 76 different kinds, of which 34 were new to me. By the end of April I had more than a th ...

deep shining green colour, the undersurface and the inner toes yellow, while the webs were black, rayed ...

rendered it the most easy mode of progression. About a fortnight afterwards I heard that one was fee ...