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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Page xxi
... readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be travelling across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my book has sped .
... readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be travelling across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my book has sped .
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... The inhabitants - Mixed races - Negroes and Indians compared — Women , Establishment of the Chontales Gold - Mining Company - My house and garden - Fruits - Plantains and bananas ; probably not indigenous to America ...
... The inhabitants - Mixed races - Negroes and Indians compared — Women , Establishment of the Chontales Gold - Mining Company - My house and garden - Fruits - Plantains and bananas ; probably not indigenous to America ...
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The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey , and , probably in consequence , it is not nearly so bold as the obscurely - coloured females . When a clear When a clear space in the brushwood is to be ...
The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey , and , probably in consequence , it is not nearly so bold as the obscurely - coloured females . When a clear When a clear space in the brushwood is to be ...
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Probably it is an invention to account for the animals lying with their mouths open ; as in all half - civilised countries I have visited I have found the natives seldom admit they do not know the reason of anything , but will invent an ...
Probably it is an invention to account for the animals lying with their mouths open ; as in all half - civilised countries I have visited I have found the natives seldom admit they do not know the reason of anything , but will invent an ...
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Probably this cowardly and unantly disposition has caused it to become the prey of the Eciton . At any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the. prey , * Houzeau , Etudes sur les Facultés mentales des Animaux Ch . II .
Probably this cowardly and unantly disposition has caused it to become the prey of the Eciton . At any rate , I never saw the Ecitons attack the. prey , * Houzeau , Etudes sur les Facultés mentales des Animaux Ch . II .
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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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