 I entirely forgot the puna in my delight. Certainly the exertion of walking was extremely great, and the respiration became deep and laborious : I am told that in Potosi (about 13,000 feet above the sea) strangers do not become thoroughly accustomed to...  The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato ... - Page viiiby Edward Arthur Fitz Gerald, Stuart Vines, Thomas George Bonney, George Charles Crick, Reginald Innes Pocock, George Albert Boulenger, Isaac Henry Burkill, Philip Gosse - 1899 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1846 - 716 pages
...upon finding fossil shells on the highest ridge, I entirely forgot the puna in my delight. Certainly the exertion of walking was extremely great, and the respiration became deep and laborious : I am told that in Potosi (about 13,000 feet above the sea) strangers do not become thoroughly accustomed... | |
 | Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff - California - 1876 - 474 pages
...has crossed a pass at 22,000 feet above the sea, but the slope was probably long and gradual. culty of breathing, called puna in South America, is experienced...respiration became deep and laborious.' With their 9,000 or 10,000 feet above this, Aconcagua and Tupungato may probably defy intrusion unless through... | |
 | Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff - California - 1876 - 466 pages
...the sea, but the slope was probably long and gradual. 92 PEHPETUAL SXOW. culty of breathing, culled puna in South America, is experienced with greater...respiration became deep and laborious.' With their 9,000 or 10,000 feet above this, Aconcagua and Tupungato may probably defy intrusion unless through... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 542 pages
...upon finding fossil shells on the highest ridge, I entirely forgot the puna in my delight. Certainly the exertion of walking was extremely great, and the respiration became deep and laborious : I am told that in Potosi (about 13,000 feet above the sea) strangers do not become thoroughly accustomed... | |
 | Fireside pictorial annual - 1876 - 814 pages
...sea. When Mr. Darwin crossed the Portilla Pass to Mendoza, at the height of 13,000 or 14,000, he found the exertion of walking was extremely great, and the...laborious. With their 9000 or 10,000 feet above this, these mountains may probably, as Mr. Hinchliff says, " defy intrusion, unless through the medium of... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1908 - 542 pages
...upon finding fossil shells on the highest ridge, I entirely forgot the puna in my delight. Certainly the exertion of walking was extremely great, and the respiration became deep and laborious : I am told that in Potosi (about 13,000 feet above the sea) strangers do not become thoroughly accustomed... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1909 - 564 pages
...upon finding fossil shells on the highest ridge, I entirely forgot the puna in my delight. Certainly the exertion of walking was extremely great, and the respiration became deep and laborious: I am told that in Potosi (about 13,000 feet above the sea) strangers do not become thoroughly accustomed... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 574 pages
...upon finding fossil shells on the highest ridge, I entirely forgot the puna in my delight. Certainly the exertion of walking was extremely great, and the respiration became deep and laborious: I am told that in Potosi (about 13,000 feet above the sea) strangers do not become thoroughly accustomed... | |
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