The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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Page vii
... generally dis- played on all subjects connected with Central America and the circumstance that this book has now for some time been out of print - render it desirable that a new edition should be issued from the press . In so.
... generally dis- played on all subjects connected with Central America and the circumstance that this book has now for some time been out of print - render it desirable that a new edition should be issued from the press . In so.
Page x
... , Nova Scotia , Central America , and Chontales , Nicaragua . At the latter place . his entomological collection has made him famous . Many hundred species of coleoptera and lepidoptera attest his energy and X PREFACE .
... , Nova Scotia , Central America , and Chontales , Nicaragua . At the latter place . his entomological collection has made him famous . Many hundred species of coleoptera and lepidoptera attest his energy and X PREFACE .
Page xi
... America has been a sea bottom , and every part of it a sea beach as the land rose again , without any evidence of marine life having been left behind ; ' and he claims that his theory of glacial action ' explains all the phenomena by ...
... America has been a sea bottom , and every part of it a sea beach as the land rose again , without any evidence of marine life having been left behind ; ' and he claims that his theory of glacial action ' explains all the phenomena by ...
Page xiii
... America ; and in his long wanderings his keen powers of observation were ever on the alert to enlarge the domain of human knowledge . " In 1863 Mr. Belt went to Nova Scotia , where he had the superintendence of the Nova - Scotian Gold ...
... America ; and in his long wanderings his keen powers of observation were ever on the alert to enlarge the domain of human knowledge . " In 1863 Mr. Belt went to Nova Scotia , where he had the superintendence of the Nova - Scotian Gold ...
Page xiv
... America appeared . his " After his return from Nova Scotia , he was engaged for some time in examining the quartz rocks of North Wales , a project having been at that time started to seek for gold in these rocks . Whilst so engaged he ...
... America appeared . his " After his return from Nova Scotia , he was engaged for some time in examining the quartz rocks of North Wales , a project having been at that time started to seek for gold in these rocks . Whilst so engaged he ...
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