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 xii
The immediate cause of his death was brain fever , following a long attack of
mountain fever . ” In the “ Natural History Transactions of Northumberland ,
Durham , and Newcastle - on - Tyne , ” vol . vii . , 1879 , the following short
memoir , by Mr ...
The immediate cause of his death was brain fever , following a long attack of
mountain fever . ” In the “ Natural History Transactions of Northumberland ,
Durham , and Newcastle - on - Tyne , ” vol . vii . , 1879 , the following short
memoir , by Mr ...
Page xxi
I now write this brief preface and the last chapter of my book on my way across
the continent to the Urals , and beyond , to the country of the nomad Kirghiz and
the far Altai mountains on the borders of Thibet ; and when readers receive my ...
I now write this brief preface and the last chapter of my book on my way across
the continent to the Urals , and beyond , to the country of the nomad Kirghiz and
the far Altai mountains on the borders of Thibet ; and when readers receive my ...
Page xxviii
Start on journey to Segovia — Rocky mountain road — A poor lodg . ing — The
rock of Cuapo — The use of large beaks in some birds — Comoapa - A native
doctor — Vultures - Flight of birds that soar - Natives live from generation to ...
Start on journey to Segovia — Rocky mountain road — A poor lodg . ing — The
rock of Cuapo — The use of large beaks in some birds — Comoapa - A native
doctor — Vultures - Flight of birds that soar - Natives live from generation to ...
Page 15
The Seripiqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and
then commences a rough mountain mule - track to San José , the capital of Costa
Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river . At eight we ...
The Seripiqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and
then commences a rough mountain mule - track to San José , the capital of Costa
Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river . At eight we ...
Page 43
To the left , in the dim distance , were the cloudcapped mountains of Costa Rica ;
to the right , nearer at hand , low hills and ranges covered with dark forests . The
lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere ...
To the left , in the dim distance , were the cloudcapped mountains of Costa Rica ;
to the right , nearer at hand , low hills and ranges covered with dark forests . The
lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere ...
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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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