"Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing……" — Henry Walter Bates
"Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form quite a feature in the physiognomy of the forest, compensating for the scarcity of flowers."
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Henry Walter Bates
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12 Quotes by Henry Walter Bates
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... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species,…
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I was obliged, at last, to come to the conclusion that the contemplation of nature alone is not sufficient to…
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Their elegant shape, showy colors, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are…
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Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest,…
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It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of…
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The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.
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I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of…
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The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued…
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The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces…
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The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all…
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They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to…
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