Henry Walter Bates Quote

I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters, parcels of books and periodicals, and towards the latter part of my residence from ill health arising from bad and insufficient food.


The Naturalist on the River Amazons (ed. 1863)


I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters,...

I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters,...

I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters,...

I suffered most inconvenience from the difficulty of getting news from the civilised world down river, from the irregularity of receipt of letters,...