Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany, 第 2 卷

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Sir William Jackson Hooker
Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1850
 

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第171页 - The Lepchas profess no religion, though acknowledging the existence of good and bad spirits. To the good they pay no heed. ' Why should we ? ' they say : ' the good spirits do us no harm ; the evil spirits, who dwell in every rock, grove, and mountain, are constantly at mischief, and to them we must pray, for they hurt us.
第172页 - ... feet eight inches to five feet — rather broad in the chest, and with muscular arms, but small hands and slender wrists.* The face is broad, flat, and of eminently Tartar character, flat-nosed and oblique-eyed, with no beard, and little moustache ; the complexion is sallow, or often a clear olive ; the hair is collected into an immense tail, plaited flat or round. The lower limbs are powerfully developed, befitting genuine mountaineers : the feet are small. Though never really handsome, and...
第359页 - ... probably owes its existence there to an unhealthy condition of the juices of the leaf, consequent on the irritation produced by the coccus, since it never visits the upper surface of the leaf until it has fully established itself on the lower. At this period the young shoots have an exceedingly disgusting look from the dense mass of yellow pustular bodies forming on them, the leaves get shrivelled, and the trees become conspicuous in the row.
第174页 - ... person and service. A gloomy-tempered or morose master they avoid, an unkind one they flee. If they serve a good hills-man like themselves, they will follow him with alacrity, sleep on the cold, bleak mountain exposed to the pitiless rain, without a murmur, lay down the heavy burden to carry their master over a stream, or give him a helping hand up a rock or precipice — do anything, in short, but encounter a foe, for I believe the Lepcha to be a veritable coward...
第174页 - I have often listened with real pleasure to the simple music of this rude instrument; its low and sweet tones are singularly JEolian, as are the airs usually played, which fall by octaves: it seems to harmonize with the solitude of their primaeval forests, and he must have a dull ear who cannot draw from it the indication of a contented mind, whether he may relish its soft musical notes or not.
第177页 - ... feet deeper than at present, while its breadth will also be greatly increased, so that the petioles of the Victoria, lengthening, doubtless, with the rise of the waters, will bring the leaves to a much greater surface, on which they will have room to dilate to about twice their present size. The aspect of the Victoria, in its native waters, is so new and extraordinary, that I am at a loss to what to compare it. The image is not a very poetical one, but assuredly the impression the plant gave...
第172页 - Bhotanese quarrelsome, cowardly, and cruel. A group of Lepchas is exceedingly picturesque. They are of short stature — four feet eight inches to five feet — rather broad in the chest, and with muscular arms, but small hands and slender wrists. The face is broad, flat, and of eminently Tartar character, flat-nosed and oblique-eyed, with no beard, and little moustache ; the complexion is sallow, or often a clear olive ; the hair is collected into an immense tail, plaited flat or round. The lower...
第179页 - Tabajoz and Amazon. I have further information of its growing abundantly in a lake beyond the Rio Mayaca, which flows into the Amazon some miles below Santarem. Mr. Wallace, who recently visited Monte Alegre, had a leaf and flower brought to him there ; I have seen a portion of the leaf, which he dried. Lastly, I have correct intelligence of its occurring in the Rio Trombetas near Obidos, and in lakes between the rivers Tabajoz and Madeira, so that there can be no doubt of its being plentifully distributed...
第177页 - We reached the igarape, and were at once gratified by seeing the Victoria growing by the opposite shore of the igarape itself. We were warned by the people not to go amongst the plants, as their prickles were venomous : but I got both hands and feet considerably pricked without experiencing any ill effects. We were fortunate in finding the plant in good flower, but, according to the testimony of all at Santarem who have seen it, the leaves attain their greatest dimensions in the winter. Captain Hislop...
第359页 - ... fall off before coming to maturity ; the general health of the tree also begins to fail, and it acquires a blighted appearance. A loss of crop is this year sustained, but to no great extent. The third year brings about a more serious change ; the whole plant acquires a black hue, appearing as if soot had been thrown over it in great quantities. This is caused by the growth of a parasitic...

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