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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... carry those who have to bear the whole journey to their goal , and as the animals succumb they will be shot or turned adrift . ' The event showed Belt's sagacity . The unfortunate Government expedition left Melbourne loaded with camp ...
... carry those who have to bear the whole journey to their goal , and as the animals succumb they will be shot or turned adrift . ' The event showed Belt's sagacity . The unfortunate Government expedition left Melbourne loaded with camp ...
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... carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about wasps - Humming - birds bathing - Singular myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca - Tapirs and jaguars - Summit of Peña Blanca CHAPTER IX . Journey to Juigalpa ...
... carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about wasps - Humming - birds bathing - Singular myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca - Tapirs and jaguars - Summit of Peña Blanca CHAPTER IX . Journey to Juigalpa ...
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... carried over on its crest , and found our- selves in the smooth water of the river . Many lives have been lost on this bar . In 1872 the commander of the United States surveying expedition and six of his men were drowned in trying to ...
... carried over on its crest , and found our- selves in the smooth water of the river . Many lives have been lost on this bar . In 1872 the commander of the United States surveying expedition and six of his men were drowned in trying to ...
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... carry off the emanations from the soil . As a similar instance I may mention the city of Per- nambuco , on the eastern coast of Brazil , containing 80,000 inhabitants . It is perfectly level like Greytown , surrounded and intersected ...
... carry off the emanations from the soil . As a similar instance I may mention the city of Per- nambuco , on the eastern coast of Brazil , containing 80,000 inhabitants . It is perfectly level like Greytown , surrounded and intersected ...
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... carried along under water . My informant and others followed in a canoe , and ultimately recovered the body , but life was extinct . The alligator cannot devour its prey beneath the water , but crawls on land with it after he has ...
... carried along under water . My informant and others followed in a canoe , and ultimately recovered the body , but life was extinct . The alligator cannot devour its prey beneath the water , but crawls on land with it after he has ...
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