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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... 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.
... 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
... 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 .
... 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 xxi
... Central America , the first half relieved the tedium of a long and slow recovery from the effects of an accident on board ship . The middle of the manuscript found me traversing the high passes of the snow - clad Caucasus , where I made ...
... Central America , the first half relieved the tedium of a long and slow recovery from the effects of an accident on board ship . The middle of the manuscript found me traversing the high passes of the snow - clad Caucasus , where I made ...
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... America ; some in the great forests of Central and South America ; some on the wide ocean ; and some , again , in the bowels of the earth when seeking for her hidden riches . The thoughts are those of a lifetime compressed into a little ...
... America ; some in the great forests of Central and South America ; some on the wide ocean ; and some , again , in the bowels of the earth when seeking for her hidden riches . The thoughts are those of a lifetime compressed into a little ...
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... America - Difference between artificial and natural selection - The cause of sterility between allied species consi- dered - The disadvantages of a covering of hair to a domesti- cated animal ... Central America - Evidence xxviii CONTENTS .
... America - Difference between artificial and natural selection - The cause of sterility between allied species consi- dered - The disadvantages of a covering of hair to a domesti- cated animal ... Central America - Evidence xxviii CONTENTS .
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