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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... Gulf of Carpentaria , with about twenty pack - horses loaded with provisions and water ; that an escort should protect them for some twenty miles from the coast , and that then the two voyagers only , with their pack - horses , PREFACE .
... Gulf of Carpentaria , with about twenty pack - horses loaded with provisions and water ; that an escort should protect them for some twenty miles from the coast , and that then the two voyagers only , with their pack - horses , PREFACE .
Page xxviii
... protected by the latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . 191 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the Indians - The wine - palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans ...
... protected by the latter - Contest between wasps and ants - Waxy secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . 191 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa Aguardiente - Fermented liquors of the Indians - The wine - palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans ...
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... protection or advice to his countrymen , and on very friendly terms with the native authorities . He has lived for many years in Nicaragua , and his many charitable kindnesses , and especially the medical assist- ance that he renders in ...
... protection or advice to his countrymen , and on very friendly terms with the native authorities . He has lived for many years in Nicaragua , and his many charitable kindnesses , and especially the medical assist- ance that he renders in ...
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... protection against their enemies , are closely imitated by others belonging to different genera , and even different orders . Thus , wasps and stinging ants have hosts of imitators amongst moths Ch . I. ] BEETLES RESEMBLING CATERPILLARS .
... protection against their enemies , are closely imitated by others belonging to different genera , and even different orders . Thus , wasps and stinging ants have hosts of imitators amongst moths Ch . I. ] BEETLES RESEMBLING CATERPILLARS .
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... protection , and preserved from their enemies in consequence of that unconscious imitation . The resemblance , which was perhaps at first only remote , is supposed to have been increased in the course of ages by the varieties being ...
... protection , and preserved from their enemies in consequence of that unconscious imitation . The resemblance , which was perhaps at first only remote , is supposed to have been increased in the course of ages by the varieties being ...
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