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 Forms |
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... it is comparatively healthy , and freer from fever than many places that appear
at first sight better situated . Much is due to the porous sandy soil , but more I
believe to what appears at first sight an element of danger , the perfect flatness of
the ...
... it is comparatively healthy , and freer from fever than many places that appear
at first sight better situated . Much is due to the porous sandy soil , but more I
believe to what appears at first sight an element of danger , the perfect flatness of
the ...
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The Ecitons and most other ants follow each other by scent , and , I believe , they
can communicate the presence of danger , of booty , or other intelligence , to a
distance by the different intensity or qualities of the odours given off . I one day ...
The Ecitons and most other ants follow each other by scent , and , I believe , they
can communicate the presence of danger , of booty , or other intelligence , to a
distance by the different intensity or qualities of the odours given off . I one day ...
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Near Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set
round them ; in fact , this and another village , a few miles to the south , called
San Tomas , are , I believe , both built on the sites of old Indian towns . The
Indians ...
Near Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set
round them ; in fact , this and another village , a few miles to the south , called
San Tomas , are , I believe , both built on the sites of old Indian towns . The
Indians ...
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I do not defend slavery , but I believe it to be a greater curse to the masters than
to the slaves , more deteriorating to the former than to the latter . The Spaniards at
first enslaved the Indians , but they died away so rapidly that in a very short time ...
I do not defend slavery , but I believe it to be a greater curse to the masters than
to the slaves , more deteriorating to the former than to the latter . The Spaniards at
first enslaved the Indians , but they died away so rapidly that in a very short time ...
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Ch . V . ] DESTRUCTIVENESS OF THE ANTS . forest the ants do not make their
nests , because , I believe , the ventilation of their underground galleries , about
which they are very particular , would be interfered with , and perhaps to avoid
the ...
Ch . V . ] DESTRUCTIVENESS OF THE ANTS . forest the ants do not make their
nests , because , I believe , the ventilation of their underground galleries , about
which they are very particular , would be interfered with , and perhaps to avoid
the ...
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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