THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA.

THE

NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA.

A Narrative of

A RESIDENCE AT THE GOLD MINES OF CHONTALES;
JOURNEYS IN THE SAVANNAHS AND FORESTS;

With Dbservations on Animals and Plants in Reference to
the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms.

BY THOMAS BELT, F.G.S.

AUTHOR OF

""THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA," ETC. ETC.

"MINERAL VEINS,'

SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND COrrected.

"It was his faith-perhaps is mine-

That life in all its forms is one,

And that its secret conduits run
Unseen, but in unbroken line,
From the great fountain-head divine,
Through man and beast, through grain and grass."

LONGFELLOW.

With Map and Fllustrations.

LONDON:

EDWARD BUMPUS, 5 & 6 HOLBORN BARS, E.C.

1888.

[The right of translation is reserved.]