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
... when 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 .
... when 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 .
Page xxvi
... probably not indigenous to America : propagated from shoots : do not generally
mature their seeds — Fig - treesGranadillas and papaws – Vegetables -
Dependence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues — Leaf -
cutting ...
... probably not indigenous to America : propagated from shoots : do not generally
mature their seeds — Fig - treesGranadillas and papaws – Vegetables -
Dependence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues — Leaf -
cutting ...
Page 7
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 space in the brushwood is to be crossed , such
as a road ...
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 space in the brushwood is to be crossed , such
as a road ...
Page 10
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 explanation ...
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 explanation ...
Page 21
On the approach of another , though of a much smaller , species , it would
immediately run away . 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.
On the approach of another , though of a much smaller , species , it would
immediately run away . 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.
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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