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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... Wales , Nova Scotia , Central America , and Chontales , Nicaragua . At the latter place . his entomological collection has made him famous . Many hundred species of coleoptera and lepidoptera attest his energy and X PREFACE .
... Wales , Nova Scotia , Central America , and Chontales , Nicaragua . At the latter place . his entomological collection has made him famous . Many hundred species of coleoptera and lepidoptera attest his energy and X PREFACE .
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... latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . 191 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the Indians - The wine - palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans - Pine and oak ...
... latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . 191 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the Indians - The wine - palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans - Pine and oak ...
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... latter situation was open at one side . The ants were clustered together in a dense mass , like a great swarm of bees , hanging from the roof , but reaching to the ground below . Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads ...
... latter situation was open at one side . The ants were clustered together in a dense mass , like a great swarm of bees , hanging from the roof , but reaching to the ground below . Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads ...
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... latter is taken from the Siphonia elastica , a Euphor- biaceous tree ; but in Central America the tree that yields it is a species of wild fig ( Castilloa elastica ) . It is easily known by its large leaves , and I saw several whilst ...
... latter is taken from the Siphonia elastica , a Euphor- biaceous tree ; but in Central America the tree that yields it is a species of wild fig ( Castilloa elastica ) . It is easily known by its large leaves , and I saw several whilst ...
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... Juan , near where the latter issues from the lake . The banks of its upper waters are inhabited by a race of Indians who have never been subjugated by the Spaniards , and about whom very little Ch . III . ] 37 WILD INDIANS .
... Juan , near where the latter issues from the lake . The banks of its upper waters are inhabited by a race of Indians who have never been subjugated by the Spaniards , and about whom very little Ch . III . ] 37 WILD INDIANS .
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