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 9
There were not less than twenty altogether , and they swam out into the middle of
the inlet and floated about , looking like logs in the water , excepting that one
stretched up its head and gave a bellow like a bull . They sometimes kill calves
and ...
There were not less than twenty altogether , and they swam out into the middle of
the inlet and floated about , looking like logs in the water , excepting that one
stretched up its head and gave a bellow like a bull . They sometimes kill calves
and ...
Page 13
Now ( I am writing in 1873 ) there is twelve feet of water on the bar at the
Colorado in the height of the dry season , whilst at Greytown the outlet of the river
is sometimes closed altogether . The merchants at Greytown have entertained
the ...
Now ( I am writing in 1873 ) there is twelve feet of water on the bar at the
Colorado in the height of the dry season , whilst at Greytown the outlet of the river
is sometimes closed altogether . The merchants at Greytown have entertained
the ...
Page 19
... greatest circumspection and coolness lifting , one after the other , its long legs ,
which supported its body above their reach . Sometimes as many as five out of its
eight legs would be lifted at once , and whenever an ant approached one of ...
... greatest circumspection and coolness lifting , one after the other , its long legs ,
which supported its body above their reach . Sometimes as many as five out of its
eight legs would be lifted at once , and whenever an ant approached one of ...
Page 20
Another much larger species of foraging ant ( Eciton hamata ) hunts sometimes in
dense armies , sometimes in columns , according to the prey it may be after .
When in columns , I found that it was generally , if not always , in search of the ...
Another much larger species of foraging ant ( Eciton hamata ) hunts sometimes in
dense armies , sometimes in columns , according to the prey it may be after .
When in columns , I found that it was generally , if not always , in search of the ...
Page 22
The moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of
different sizes , but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter -
coloured individuals that will often stop , and sometimes run a little backward ,
halting ...
The moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of
different sizes , but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter -
coloured individuals that will often stop , and sometimes run a little backward ,
halting ...
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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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