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 xviii
... numerous expeditions undertaken with him in Great Britain , to dwell on many incidents of personal travel , and to say much of his pleasant and genial qualities as a companion . With a mind keenly alive to all things natural he brought ...
... numerous expeditions undertaken with him in Great Britain , to dwell on many incidents of personal travel , and to say much of his pleasant and genial qualities as a companion . With a mind keenly alive to all things natural he brought ...
Page 6
... numerous epiphytes - Tillandsias , orchids , ferns , 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 ...
... numerous epiphytes - Tillandsias , orchids , ferns , 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 ...
Page 7
... numerous butter- flies , large blue Morphos and narrow , weak - winged Heliconid¿ , striped and spotted with yellow , red , and black , were the most conspicuous and most character- istic of tropical America . Amongst the beetles I ...
... numerous butter- flies , large blue Morphos and narrow , weak - winged Heliconid¿ , striped and spotted with yellow , red , and black , were the most conspicuous and most character- istic of tropical America . Amongst the beetles I ...
Page 12
... 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 lizards , with leaf - like expansions ( like those on the leaf ...
... 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 lizards , with leaf - like expansions ( like those on the leaf ...
Page 14
... 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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