But it differs from Polynesia in being continental rather than insular in climate; from South America in the absence of great rivers and vast alluvial tracts; and from Africa in being wholly isolated from the Northern Hemisphere.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Even the case of the insular insects is by no means so plain as might at first sight appear.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
In my father's house I had often had occasion to remark that while Englishmen freely admitted the advances of a foreigner, and accepted his acquaintance with a courteous readiness, with each other they maintained a cold and studied reserve; as though no difference of place or circumstance was to obliterate that insular code which defines class, and limits each man to the exact rank he belongs to.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever