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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... passed away from their midst . " His attainments , and the high position he had won for himself in the scientific world , render it only fitting that some record of his life and labours should appear in the ' Transactions of the ...
... passed away from their midst . " His attainments , and the high position he had won for himself in the scientific world , render it only fitting that some record of his life and labours should appear in the ' Transactions of the ...
Page xv
... passed away from us in the flower of his age , the work that he has done has gained for him a position in the scientific world to which few of greater years attain . “ He was a careful and accurate observer , and able with his pen to ...
... passed away from us in the flower of his age , the work that he has done has gained for him a position in the scientific world to which few of greater years attain . “ He was a careful and accurate observer , and able with his pen to ...
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... passed a dead one that he had shot . As I walked As I walked up the beach , I saw many that were not less than fifteen feet in length . One lay motionless , and thinking it was another dead one , I was walking up to it , and had got ...
... passed a dead one that he had shot . As I walked As I walked up the beach , I saw many that were not less than fifteen feet in length . One lay motionless , and thinking it was another dead one , I was walking up to it , and had got ...
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... passed some small plantations of bananas and plantains made in clearings in the forest , which now consisted of a great variety of dicotyledonous trees with many tall , graceful palms ; the undergrowth 12 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN ...
... passed some small plantations of bananas and plantains made in clearings in the forest , which now consisted of a great variety of dicotyledonous trees with many tall , graceful palms ; the undergrowth 12 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN ...
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... passing their time swinging in dirty hammocks , and occasionally taking down a canoe - load of plantains to Greytown for sale . It is one of the rarest sights to see any of these squatters at work . Their plantain patch and occasionally ...
... passing their time swinging in dirty hammocks , and occasionally taking down a canoe - load of plantains to Greytown for sale . It is one of the rarest sights to see any of these squatters at work . Their plantain patch and occasionally ...
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