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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... and his professional engagements led him to North Wales , Nova Scotia ,
Central America , and Chontales , Nicaragua . At the latter place his
entomological collection has made him famous . Many PREFACE . hundred
species of coleoptera ...
... and his professional engagements led him to North Wales , Nova Scotia ,
Central America , and Chontales , Nicaragua . At the latter place his
entomological collection has made him famous . Many PREFACE . hundred
species of coleoptera ...
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PREFACE . hundred species of coleoptera and lepidoptera attest his energy and
labour ; and his charming book , " The Naturalist in Nicaragua , ' whilst illustrating
his great powers of observation , has endeared him to every lover of nature ...
PREFACE . hundred species of coleoptera and lepidoptera attest his energy and
labour ; and his charming book , " The Naturalist in Nicaragua , ' whilst illustrating
his great powers of observation , has endeared him to every lover of nature ...
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... and a hundred others , that make every big tree an aërial garden . Great arums
perch on the forks and send down roots like cords to the ground , whilst lianas
run from tree to tree or hang in loops and folds like the disordered tackle of a ship
.
... and a hundred others , that make every big tree an aërial garden . Great arums
perch on the forks and send down roots like cords to the ground , whilst lianas
run from tree to tree or hang in loops and folds like the disordered tackle of a ship
.
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Our boatmen paddled on until nine o ' clock , when we anchored in the middle of
the stream , which was here about one hundred yards wide . Distant as we were
from the shores , we were not too far for the mosquitoes , which came off in ...
Our boatmen paddled on until nine o ' clock , when we anchored in the middle of
the stream , which was here about one hundred yards wide . Distant as we were
from the shores , we were not too far for the mosquitoes , which came off in ...
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I have sometimes followed them up for two or three hundred yards without getting
to the end . They make their temporary habitations in hollow trees , and
sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows . A nest that I
came ...
I have sometimes followed them up for two or three hundred yards without getting
to the end . They make their temporary habitations in hollow trees , and
sometimes underneath large fallen trunks that offer suitable hollows . A nest that I
came ...
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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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