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 x
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 shot or turned adrift . ' The event showed Belt's sagacity ...
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 shot or turned adrift . ' The event showed Belt's sagacity ...
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“ This step , we may say , was the turning point in his life , and had a great influence on his future career . During his residence in Australia , although at a time when the whole colony was moved by the gold - fever , the same quiet ...
“ This step , we may say , was the turning point in his life , and had a great influence on his future career . During his residence in Australia , although at a time when the whole colony was moved by the gold - fever , the same quiet ...
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“ In the early part of the summer of 1878 he was down in his native north , revisiting his old acquaintances and the scenes of his youth ; for always , in all his wanderings , he turned lovingly to Tyneside .
“ In the early part of the summer of 1878 he was down in his native north , revisiting his old acquaintances and the scenes of his youth ; for always , in all his wanderings , he turned lovingly to Tyneside .
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... 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 .
... 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 .
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Green parrots fly over in screaming flocks , or nestle in loving couples amidst the foliage , toucans hop along the branches , turning their long , highly - coloured beaks from side to side with an old - fashioned look , and beautiful ...
Green parrots fly over in screaming flocks , or nestle in loving couples amidst the foliage , toucans hop along the branches , turning their long , highly - coloured beaks from side to side with an old - fashioned look , and beautiful ...
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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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