...temperate lands." And Bates says of the Amazonian forests, "The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifies the feeling...rather than imparts a sense of life and cheerfulness." It is not only this paucity of bird life in large tracts of country which has made the tropics seem...

...165. Sabine* Translation . 1401. NATURAL HISTOBT OP THE TROPICS. " The silence and gloom," he says, "are realities, and the impression deepens on a longer...acquaintance. The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensities the feeling of solitude rather than imparts a sense of Ше...

...mind. Man feels so completely his insignificance there and the vastness of Nature. **••*• • • We often read in books of travels of the silence and...feeling of solitude rather than imparts a sense of Hfe and cheerfulness. Sometimes in the midst of the stillness a sudden yell or scream will startle...