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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It would be easy for the writer , who looks back with recollections of infinite pleasure upon a journey made to Mexico with Mr. Belt in 1876 , and to numerous expeditions undertaken with him in Great Britain , to dwell on many incidents ...
It would be easy for the writer , who looks back with recollections of infinite pleasure upon a journey made to Mexico with Mr. Belt in 1876 , and to numerous expeditions undertaken with him in Great Britain , to dwell on many incidents ...
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It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the original forest has been cut down , there are large trees covered with numerous epiphytes—— Tillandsias ...
It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the original forest has been cut down , there are large trees covered with numerous epiphytes—— Tillandsias ...
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Amongst the numerous butterflies , large blue Morphos and narrow , weak - winged Heliconid¿ , striped and spotted with yellow , red , and black , were the most conspicuous and most characteristic of tropical ...
Amongst the numerous butterflies , large blue Morphos and narrow , weak - winged Heliconid¿ , striped and spotted with yellow , red , and black , were the most conspicuous and most characteristic of tropical ...
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The banks at first were low and marshy and intersected by numerous channels ; the principal tree was a long , coarse - leaved palm , and there were great beds of wild cane and grass , amongst which we occasionally saw curious green ...
The banks at first were low and marshy and intersected by numerous channels ; the principal tree was a long , coarse - leaved palm , and there were great beds of wild cane and grass , amongst which we occasionally saw curious green ...
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... numerous half - filled - up channels and long lagoons throughout the delta show the various courses the river has at different times taken . Our boatmen paddled on until nine o'clock , when we anchored in the middle of the stream ...
... numerous half - filled - up channels and long lagoons throughout the delta show the various courses the river has at different times taken . Our boatmen paddled on until nine o'clock , when we anchored in the middle of the stream ...
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| Pealkiri | 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 |
| Autor | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Edward Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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