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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... Teustepe - Spider imitating ants - Mimetic species- Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention - Accident to horse -The Mygale - Illness - Conclusion of journey · CHAPTER XVIII ...
... Teustepe - Spider imitating ants - Mimetic species- Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention - Accident to horse -The Mygale - Illness - Conclusion of journey · CHAPTER XVIII ...
Page 297
... Teustepe instead of that by which we had come , as we were told we should avoid the swamps by so doing , for more to the westward they had had no rain . We rode down the valley below the town and found it very dry and barren , the only ...
... Teustepe instead of that by which we had come , as we were told we should avoid the swamps by so doing , for more to the westward they had had no rain . We rode down the valley below the town and found it very dry and barren , the only ...
Page 309
... Teustepe , and that the town itself was eight leagues distant . The family consisted of Don Filiberto , his wife , and four or five children . They had just prepared for their own dinner a young fowl , stewed with green beans and other ...
... Teustepe , and that the town itself was eight leagues distant . The family consisted of Don Filiberto , his wife , and four or five children . They had just prepared for their own dinner a young fowl , stewed with green beans and other ...
Page 313
... Teustepe . He was armed with pistols , which it is the fashion to carry in Nicaragua , though many travellers have nothing more formidable in their holsters than a spirit flask and some biscuits . He talked as usual of threatened ...
... Teustepe . He was armed with pistols , which it is the fashion to carry in Nicaragua , though many travellers have nothing more formidable in their holsters than a spirit flask and some biscuits . He talked as usual of threatened ...
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... Teustepe , and that the crops were destroyed by it . About three we reached the town , and after buying some provisions to take with us , pushed on again . Below Teustepe we crossed the river Malacatoyo which empties into the Lake of ...
... Teustepe , and that the crops were destroyed by it . About three we reached the town , and after buying some provisions to take with us , pushed on again . Below Teustepe we crossed the river Malacatoyo which empties into the Lake of ...
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