"Malayan" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is very interesting, but I think the fact you mention towards the close of the essay—that the Indian vegetation, in contradistinction to the Malayan vegetation, is found in low and level parts of the Malay Islands, GREATLY lessens the difficulty which at first (page 1) seemed so great. There is nothing like one's own hobby-horse. I suspect it is the same case as of glacial migration, and of naturalised ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin
... The Malayan, however, does not always tamely submit to this last stroke of fortune. When reduced to a state of desperation by repeated ill-luck, he loosens a certain lock of hair on his head, which, when flowing down, is a sign of war and destruction. ...
— The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims - Volume I (of II) • Andrew Steinmetz
... on mimicry in the Malayan Swallowtail butterflies, those naturalists who have written on the subject have followed his interpretation of the marked prevalence of mimetic resemblance in the female sex as compared with the ...
— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others
... Fontaine (French) Education of the Lion, The. Krilof (Russian) Elephant and Frog (African) Elephant and the Jackal, The. Hitopadesa (Sanskrit) Elephant as Governor, The. Krilof (Russian) Elephant Has a Bet with the Tiger, The. (Malayan) Elephant in Favour, ...
— The Talking Beasts • Various |
