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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Vol . xiii . , 1876 , p . 289 . On the Loess of the Rhine and the Danube . Vol . xiv . ,
1877 , p . 67 . On the Glacial Period in the Southern Hemisphere . Vol . xiv . ,
1877 , p . 326 . On the Discovery of Stone Implements in Glacial Drift in.
Vol . xiii . , 1876 , p . 289 . On the Loess of the Rhine and the Danube . Vol . xiv . ,
1877 , p . 67 . On the Glacial Period in the Southern Hemisphere . Vol . xiv . ,
1877 , p . 326 . On the Discovery of Stone Implements in Glacial Drift in.
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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 Thomas Belt. On the Discovery of
Stone ...
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 Thomas Belt. On the Discovery of
Stone ...
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One day when watching a small column of these ants , I placed a little stone on
one of the ants to secure it . The next that approached , as soon as it discovered
the situation of the prisoner , ran backwards in an agitated manner , and ...
One day when watching a small column of these ants , I placed a little stone on
one of the ants to secure it . The next that approached , as soon as it discovered
the situation of the prisoner , ran backwards in an agitated manner , and ...
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He showed to me pieces of cordage , pottery , and stone implements brought
down by the rubber men from the wild Indians of the Rio Frio . Castillo is one of
the centres of the rubber trade . Parties of men are here fitted out with canoes and
...
He showed to me pieces of cordage , pottery , and stone implements brought
down by the rubber men from the wild Indians of the Rio Frio . Castillo is one of
the centres of the rubber trade . Parties of men are here fitted out with canoes and
...
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The lad and the woman who were captured and brought down the Rio Frio both
ran away — the one from San Carlos , the other from Cas - tillo ; but neither could
succeed in reaching home , on . Ch . III . ] STONE - HATCHETS . account 40 ...
The lad and the woman who were captured and brought down the Rio Frio both
ran away — the one from San Carlos , the other from Cas - tillo ; but neither could
succeed in reaching home , on . Ch . III . ] STONE - HATCHETS . account 40 ...
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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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