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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Page xxix
Cattle - raising — Don Filiberto Trano ' s new house — Horse - flies and wasps —
Teustepe - Spider imitating ants - Mimetic speciesAnimals with special means of
defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention - Accident ...
Cattle - raising — Don Filiberto Trano ' s new house — Horse - flies and wasps —
Teustepe - Spider imitating ants - Mimetic speciesAnimals with special means of
defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention - Accident ...
Page 3
... and cattle waded amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a
frigate has lain at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds were abundant in the
marshes , amongst which white cranes and a chocolate - brown jacana , with
lemon ...
... and cattle waded amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a
frigate has lain at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds were abundant in the
marshes , amongst which white cranes and a chocolate - brown jacana , with
lemon ...
Page 31
31 of the large boats called bungos , that carry down to Greytown the produce of
the country and take up merchandise and flour . This one was laden with cattle
and india - rubber . The bungos are flat - bottomed boats , about forty feet long
and ...
31 of the large boats called bungos , that carry down to Greytown the produce of
the country and take up merchandise and flour . This one was laden with cattle
and india - rubber . The bungos are flat - bottomed boats , about forty feet long
and ...
Page 45
We crossed some rocky low hills , with scanty vegetation , and , after passing the
cattle hacienda of San José , reached the plains of the same name , about two
leagues in width , now dry and dusty , but in the wet season forming a great
slough ...
We crossed some rocky low hills , with scanty vegetation , and , after passing the
cattle hacienda of San José , reached the plains of the same name , about two
leagues in width , now dry and dusty , but in the wet season forming a great
slough ...
Page 46
The outside of the fruit is a hard thin shell , packed full of seeds in a kind of dry
pulp , on which are fed fowls , and even horses and cattle in the dry season ; the
latter are said sometimes to choke themselves with the fruit , whilst trying to eat it .
The outside of the fruit is a hard thin shell , packed full of seeds in a kind of dry
pulp , on which are fed fowls , and even horses and cattle in the dry season ; the
latter are said sometimes to choke themselves with the fruit , whilst trying to eat it .
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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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