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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... once lifted him into the position of an authority on the subject . " On his return to England , his services were greatly in request as a mining engineer , to which profession he now devoted himself , with an establishment in London ...
... once lifted him into the position of an authority on the subject . " On his return to England , his services were greatly in request as a mining engineer , to which profession he now devoted himself , with an establishment in London ...
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... once spacious harbour , and cattle waded amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a frigate has lain at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds were abundant in the marshes , amongst which white cranes and a chocolate ...
... once spacious harbour , and cattle waded amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a frigate has lain at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds were abundant in the marshes , amongst which white cranes and a chocolate ...
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... the rapids . I was once in one , coming down a dangerous rapid on the river Gurupy , in Northern Brazil , when we were driven with the full force of the boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we were nearly ( 11 )
... the rapids . I was once in one , coming down a dangerous rapid on the river Gurupy , in Northern Brazil , when we were driven with the full force of the boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we were nearly ( 11 )
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... once saw one of the false spiders , or harvest - men ( Phalangida ) , standing in the midst of an army of ants , and with the greatest circumspection and coolness lifting , one after the other , its long legs , which supported its body ...
... once saw one of the false spiders , or harvest - men ( Phalangida ) , standing in the midst of an army of ants , and with the greatest circumspection and coolness lifting , one after the other , its long legs , which supported its body ...
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... once saw a wide column trying to pass along a crumbling , nearly perpen- dicular , slope . They would have got very slowly over it , and many of them would have fallen , but a number having secured their hold , and reaching to each ...
... once saw a wide column trying to pass along a crumbling , nearly perpen- dicular , slope . They would have got very slowly over it , and many of them would have fallen , but a number having secured their hold , and reaching to each ...
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