Henry Walter Bates Quote

It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gazed on the land where I, at least, eventually spent eleven of the best years of my life.


The Naturalist on the River Amazons (ed. 1873)


It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time,...

It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time,...

It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time,...

It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time,...