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1、TheVoyageoftheBeaglebyCharlesDarwinChapter1-St.Jago--CapedeVerdIslandsAFTERhavingbeentwicedrivenbackbyheavysouthwesterngales,HerMajesty'sshipBeagle,aten-gunbrig,underthecommandofCaptainFitzRoy,R.N.,sailedfromDevonportonthe27thofDecember,1831.TheobjectoftheexpeditionwastocompletethesurveyofPatag
2、oniaandTierradelFuego,commencedunderCaptainKingin1826to1830,--tosurveytheshoresofChile,Peru,andofsomeislandsinthePacific--andtocarryachainofchronometricalmeasurementsroundtheWorld.Onthe6thofJanuarywereachedTeneriffe,butwerepreventedlanding,byfearsofourbringingthecholera:thenextmorningwesawthesu
3、nrisebehindtheruggedoutlineoftheGrandCanaryisland,andsuddenlyilluminatethePeakofTeneriffe,whilstthelowerpartswereveiledinfleecyclouds.Thiswasthefirstofmanydelightfuldaysnevertobeforgotten.Onthe16thofJanuary,1832,weanchoredatPortoPraya,inSt.Jago,thechiefislandoftheCapedeVerdarchipelago.Theneighb
4、ourhoodofPortoPraya,viewedfromthesea,wearsadesolateaspect.Thevolcanicfiresofapastage,andthescorchingheatofatropicalsun,haveinmostplacesrenderedthesoilunfitforvegetation.Thecountryrisesinsuccessivestepsoftable-land,interspersedwithsometruncateconicalhills,andthehorizonisboundedbyanirregularchain
5、ofmoreloftymountains.Thescene,asbeheldthroughthehazyatmosphereofthisclimate,isoneofgreatinterest;if,indeed,aperson,freshfromsea,andwhohasjustwalked,forthefirsttime,inagroveofcocoa-nuttrees,canbeajudgeofanythingbuthisownhappiness.Theislandwouldgenerallybeconsideredasveryuninteresting,buttoanyone
6、accustomedonlytoanEnglishlandscape,thenovelaspectofanutterlysterilelandpossessesagrandeurwhichmorevegetationmightspoil.Asinglegreenleafcanscarcelybediscoveredoverwidetractsofthelavaplains;yetflocksofgoats,togetherwithafewcows,contrivetoexist.Itrainsveryseldom,butduringashortportionoftheyearheav
7、ytorrentsfall,andimmediatelyafterwardsalightvegetationspringsoutofeverycrevice.Thissoonwithers;anduponsuchnaturallyformedhaytheanimalslive.Ithadnotnowrainedforanentireyear.Whentheislandwasdiscovered,theimmediateneighbourhoodofPort
