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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Page xii
... mountain fever . " In the " Natural History Transactions of North- umberland , Durham , and Newcastle - on - Tyne , " vol . vii . , 1879 , the following short memoir , by Mr. Joseph Wright , giving some further details of Mr. Belt's ...
... mountain fever . " In the " Natural History Transactions of North- umberland , Durham , and Newcastle - on - Tyne , " vol . vii . , 1879 , the following short memoir , by Mr. Joseph Wright , giving some further details of Mr. Belt's ...
Page xxi
... mountains on the borders of Thibet ; and when readers receive my work I shall pro- bably have turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be travelling across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh ...
... mountains on the borders of Thibet ; and when readers receive my work I shall pro- bably have turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be travelling across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh ...
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... 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 generation on the same spot - Do not give ...
... 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 generation on the same spot - Do not give ...
Page 15
... 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 anchored for the night , and although it rained heavily again , I was better prepared for it ...
... 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 anchored for the night , and although it rained heavily again , I was better prepared for it ...
Page 43
... 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 glimpses of its limits and cloud- capped peaks ...
... 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 glimpses of its limits and cloud- capped peaks ...
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