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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... the period called by geologists the glacial epoch , may have been brought
about by other causes of less intensity than the submergences and emergences
of the land , even than by the displacement of whole continents , which theories
have ...
... the period called by geologists the glacial epoch , may have been brought
about by other causes of less intensity than the submergences and emergences
of the land , even than by the displacement of whole continents , which theories
have ...
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months , from March to June , there is sufficient water coming down from the lake
to keep open a fine harbour , if it were not that about twenty miles above its mouth
it begins to dissipate its force by sending off a large branch called the Colorado ...
months , from March to June , there is sufficient water coming down from the lake
to keep open a fine harbour , if it were not that about twenty miles above its mouth
it begins to dissipate its force by sending off a large branch called the Colorado ...
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... adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , “ the beautiful , ” by the
natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and
Segovia , where it was one of the great favourites of the flower - loving Indians .
... adorns some of the gardens . It is called la vegessima , “ the beautiful , ” by the
natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and
Segovia , where it was one of the great favourites of the flower - loving Indians .
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I saw another fruit growing here , a yellow berry about the size of a cherry , called
“ Nancito " by the natives . It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like
olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the original forest has been
...
I saw another fruit growing here , a yellow berry about the size of a cherry , called
“ Nancito " by the natives . It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like
olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the original forest has been
...
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In Nicaragua they are generally called “ Army Ants . ” One of the smaller species (
Eciton predator ) used occasionally to visit our house , swarm over the floors and
walls , searching every cranny , and driving out the cockroaches and spiders ...
In Nicaragua they are generally called “ Army Ants . ” One of the smaller species (
Eciton predator ) used occasionally to visit our house , swarm over the floors and
walls , searching every cranny , and driving out the cockroaches and spiders ...
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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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