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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“ The succeeding years of his life were spent in almost continued travel : to North and South Russia , Siberia , the Kirghese Steppes , and many times to the United States . In these journeys he , from time to time , made those ...
“ The succeeding years of his life were spent in almost continued travel : to North and South Russia , Siberia , the Kirghese Steppes , and many times to the United States . In these journeys he , from time to time , made those ...
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... thrushes — They attack the nests of other ants Birds ? nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants — Parallel between the mammalia and the hymenoptera - Utopia II CHAPTER III . Journey up river continued Wild pigs and ...
... thrushes — They attack the nests of other ants Birds ? nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants — Parallel between the mammalia and the hymenoptera - Utopia II CHAPTER III . Journey up river continued Wild pigs and ...
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... but is secure in this , that both he and his wife , his children and grandchildren , to as many generations as he can fancy , will all live both plentifully and happily . ” 1 CHAPTER III . Journey up river continued ...
... but is secure in this , that both he and his wife , his children and grandchildren , to as many generations as he can fancy , will all live both plentifully and happily . ” 1 CHAPTER III . Journey up river continued ...
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Journey up river continued — Wild pigs and jaguar - Bungos — Reach Machuca — Castillo — Capture of Castillo by Nelson - India - rubber trade - Rubber - men - Method of making india - rubber - Congo monkeys — Macaws — The Savallo river ...
Journey up river continued — Wild pigs and jaguar - Bungos — Reach Machuca — Castillo — Capture of Castillo by Nelson - India - rubber trade - Rubber - men - Method of making india - rubber - Congo monkeys — Macaws — The Savallo river ...
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This hill is now cleared of timber and covered with grass , supporting a few cows and a great many goats . In front of the town run the one . rapids of Castillo , which are difficult to Ch . III . ] 31 BOAT JOURNEY CONTINUED .
This hill is now cleared of timber and covered with grass , supporting a few cows and a great many goats . In front of the town run the one . rapids of Castillo , which are difficult to Ch . III . ] 31 BOAT JOURNEY CONTINUED .
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