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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Every step of our road carries us homewards and to safety . If we never find a drop of water on the road , our animals have enough to carry those who have to bear the whole journey to their goal , and as the animals succumi they will be ...
Every step of our road carries us homewards and to safety . If we never find a drop of water on the road , our animals have enough to carry those who have to bear the whole journey to their goal , and as the animals succumi they will be ...
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... times in America - Separation of the maize - eating from the mandiocaeating indigenes of America Tortillas — Sugar - making - Enter the forest of the Atlantic slope— Vegetation of the forest - Muddy roads - Arrive at Santo Domingo .
... times in America - Separation of the maize - eating from the mandiocaeating indigenes of America Tortillas — Sugar - making - Enter the forest of the Atlantic slope— Vegetation of the forest - Muddy roads - Arrive at Santo Domingo .
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CHAPTER X. Juigalpa - A Nicaraguan family - Description of the road from Juigalpa to Santo Domingo - Comparative scarcity of insects PAGE in Nicaragua in 1872 — Water - bearing plants CONTENTS . xxvii.
CHAPTER X. Juigalpa - A Nicaraguan family - Description of the road from Juigalpa to Santo Domingo - Comparative scarcity of insects PAGE in Nicaragua in 1872 — Water - bearing plants CONTENTS . xxvii.
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Start on journey to Segovia – Rocky mountain road — A poor lodg . ing — The rock of Cuapo — The use of large beaks in some birds — Comoapa - A native doctor — Vultures - Flight of birds that soar - Natives live from generation to ...
Start on journey to Segovia – Rocky mountain road — A poor lodg . ing — The rock of Cuapo — The use of large beaks in some birds — Comoapa - A native doctor — Vultures - Flight of birds that soar - Natives live from generation to ...
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When a clear When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed , such as a road , two or three of the females will fly across first , before the male will venture to do so , and he is always more careful to get himself concealed ...
When a clear When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed , such as a road , two or three of the females will fly across first , before the male will venture to do so , and he is always more careful to get himself concealed ...
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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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