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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... Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto Trano's new house - Horse - flies and wasps - Teustepe - Spider imitating ants - Mimetic species- Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention ...
... Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto Trano's new house - Horse - flies and wasps - Teustepe - Spider imitating ants - Mimetic species- Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked , or in other ways attract attention ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... cattle and india - rubber . The bungos are flat - bottomed boats , about forty feet long and nine feet wide . There is generally a little cabin , roofed over at the stern , in which the wife of the captain lives . The bungo is poled ...
... cattle and india - rubber . The bungos are flat - bottomed boats , about forty feet long and nine feet wide . There is generally a little cabin , roofed over at the stern , in which the wife of the captain lives . The bungo is poled ...
Page 45
... 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 of water and tenacious mud , through which the mules have to wade and ...
... 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 of water and tenacious mud , through which the mules have to wade and ...
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... cattle in the dry season ; the latter are said sometimes to choke themselves with the fruit , whilst trying to eat it . Of the bruised seeds is also made a cooling drink , much used in Nicaragua . The jicara trees grow apart 46 [ Ch ...
... cattle in the dry season ; the latter are said sometimes to choke themselves with the fruit , whilst trying to eat it . Of the bruised seeds is also made a cooling drink , much used in Nicaragua . The jicara trees grow apart 46 [ Ch ...
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