 | William Healey Dall - 1897 - 676 halaman
...and the Indians, relieved of the heavy canoes, were already far in advance of us. Tuesday, \8tli. — One of the few who accompanied us followed a cow-moose...mercy. My companion's hands, between sunburn and mos CO H a. S w E S H U! O O O O quitoes, were nearly raw, and I can well conceive that a man without a net,... | |
 | Walter R. Borneman - 2004 - 635 halaman
...mammals, 211 bird species, and 52 insect species, including four kinds of mosquitoes, noting that "all are distinguished from the civilized species by the reckless daring of their attack."" His associare, JT Rothrock, collecred 732 botanical species, including many ferns and mosses. And somehow,... | |
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The mosquitoes were like smoke in the air. Through constant and enforced observation, I came to distinguish four kinds, — a large gray one, and another with white leg-joints, a very small dust-colored one which held its proboscis horizontally in advance,... 