Quote by: Henry Walter Bates

The people were simpler, more peaceable and friendly in their manners and dispositions; and assassinations, which give the southern provinces so ill a reputation, were almost unknown.


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  • NameHenry Walter Bates
  • DescriptionEnglish naturalist and explorer
  • BornFebruary 8, 1825
  • DiedFebruary 16, 1892
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionExplorer; Entomologist; Zoologist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society