 In the more isolated coral islands, the language of the natives indicates their poverty as well as the limited productions and unvarying features of the land. All words like those for mountain, hill, river, and many of the implements of their ancestors,...  Corals and coral islands - Página 333por James D. Dana - 1899Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1851 - 510 páginas
...Chamisso observed fifty-two native plants, and in a few instances the Banana, Taro, and Breadfruit. The language of the natives indicates their poverty,...ideas, they have fallen off in general intelligence. It would be an interesting inquiry for the philosopher, to what extent a race of men placed in such... | |
 | 1850 - 442 páginas
...Chamisso observed fifty-two native plants, and, in a few instances, the banana, taro, and bread-fruit. The language of the natives indicates their poverty,...ideas, they have fallen off in general intelligence. It would be an interesting inquiry for the philosopher, to what extent a race of men, placed in such... | |
 | 1850 - 432 páginas
...Chamisso observed fifty-two native plants, and, in a few instances, the banana, taro, and bread-fruit. The language of the natives indicates their poverty,...ideas, they have fallen off in general intelligence. It would be an interesting inquiry for the philosopher, to what extent a race of men, placed in such... | |
 | 1852 - 446 páginas
...plants. In the Marshall group, where the vegetation is more varied, fifty-two native plants exist. The language of the natives indicates their poverty,...as the trees and other vegetation of the land from whence they are derived, are lost to them ; and as words are but signs of ideas, they have fallen off... | |
 | 1852 - 460 páginas
...plants. In the Marshall group, where the vegetation is more varied, fifty-two native plants exist. The language of the natives indicates their poverty,...as the trees and other vegetation of the land from whence they are derived, are lost to them ; and as words are but signs of ideas, they have (illicit... | |
 | 1852 - 450 páginas
...plants. In the Marshall group, where the vegetation is more varied, fifty-two native plants exist. The language of the natives indicates their poverty,...as the trees and other vegetation of the land from whence they are derived, are lost to them ; and as words are but signs of ideas, they have fallen off... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1853 - 152 páginas
...Ghamisso observed fifty- two native plants, and in a few instances the Banana, Taro, and Breadfruit. The language of the natives indicates their poverty,...ideas, they have fallen off in general intelligence. It would be an interesting inquiry for the philosopher, to what extent a race of men placed in such... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1872 - 430 páginas
...Notwithstanding all the products and all the attractions of a coral island, even in its best condition it is but a miserable place for human development, physical,...ideas, they have fallen off in general intelligence. It would be an interesting inquiry for the philosopher, to what extent a race of men placed in such... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman - 1899 - 476 páginas
...Notwithstanding all the products and all the attractions of a coral island, even in its best condition it is but a miserable place for human development — physical,...ideas, they have fallen off in general Intelligence. It would be an interesting inquiry for the philosopher, to what extent a race of men placed in such... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman - 1899 - 450 páginas
...ten to twenty feet above high tide, and no part more than three hundred yards from the ocean. 219 " In the more isolated coral islands the language of...ideas, they have fallen off in general intelligence. It would be an interesting inquiry for the philosopher, to what extent a race of men placed in such... | |
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