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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page 78
... Velasquez informed me , in 1870 , that he had a powder which made the ants mad , so that they bit and destroyed each other . He gave me a little of it , and it proved to be corrosive sublimate . I made several trials of it , and found ...
... Velasquez informed me , in 1870 , that he had a powder which made the ants mad , so that they bit and destroyed each other . He gave me a little of it , and it proved to be corrosive sublimate . I made several trials of it , and found ...
Page 117
... Velasquez , one of our officers , told me that one day he heard a monkey crying out in the forest for more than two hours , and at last , going to see what was the matter , he saw a monkey on a branch and an eagle beside it trying to.
... Velasquez , one of our officers , told me that one day he heard a monkey crying out in the forest for more than two hours , and at last , going to see what was the matter , he saw a monkey on a branch and an eagle beside it trying to.
Page 118
... Velasquez fired at the eagle , and frightened it away . I think it likely , from what I have seen of the habits of this monkey , that they defend themselves from its attack by keeping two or three together , thus assisting each other ...
... Velasquez fired at the eagle , and frightened it away . I think it likely , from what I have seen of the habits of this monkey , that they defend themselves from its attack by keeping two or three together , thus assisting each other ...
Page 146
... Velasquez told me that his father had mortally wounded one , which , however , sprang after him , and had got hold of him by the leg , when it fortunately fell down dead . The path up Peña Blanca hill gets steeper and steeper , until ...
... Velasquez told me that his father had mortally wounded one , which , however , sprang after him , and had got hold of him by the leg , when it fortunately fell down dead . The path up Peña Blanca hill gets steeper and steeper , until ...
Page 152
... Velasquez joined me at Libertad , and , after getting breakfast , we started ; the road passes over grassy hills , on which feed cattle and mules . The edge of the forest is not far distant to the right , and all the way along it there ...
... Velasquez joined me at Libertad , and , after getting breakfast , we started ; the road passes over grassy hills , on which feed cattle and mules . The edge of the forest is not far distant to the right , and all the way along it there ...
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