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 5
Notwithstanding , however , its apparent disadvantages , and that for nine months
of the year it is subject to heavy tropical rains , it is comparatively healthy , and
freer from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated . Much
is ...
Notwithstanding , however , its apparent disadvantages , and that for nine months
of the year it is subject to heavy tropical rains , it is comparatively healthy , and
freer from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated . Much
is ...
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resembles a green leaf , and the other senses , which in the Ecitons appear to be
more acute than that of sight , must have been completely deceived . It might
easily have escaped from the ants by using its wings , but it would only have
fallen ...
resembles a green leaf , and the other senses , which in the Ecitons appear to be
more acute than that of sight , must have been completely deceived . It might
easily have escaped from the ants by using its wings , but it would only have
fallen ...
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The Hymenoptera and the Mammalia both make their first appearance early in
the secondary period , and it is not until the commencement of the tertiary epoch
that ants and monkeys appear upon the scene . There the parallel ends : no one
...
The Hymenoptera and the Mammalia both make their first appearance early in
the secondary period , and it is not until the commencement of the tertiary epoch
that ants and monkeys appear upon the scene . There the parallel ends : no one
...
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... loaded his boats with the plantains , and brought them down to San Carlos ,
where the people appear to be too indolent to grow them themselves . All who
have ascended the river speak of the great quantities of plantains that the
Guatuses ...
... loaded his boats with the plantains , and brought them down to San Carlos ,
where the people appear to be too indolent to grow them themselves . All who
have ascended the river speak of the great quantities of plantains that the
Guatuses ...
Page 45
Besides the alligators , large freshwater sharks appear to be common in the lake .
Sometimes , when in shallow water , we saw a pointed billow rapidly moving
away from the boat , produced by some large fish below , and I was told it was a ...
Besides the alligators , large freshwater sharks appear to be common in the lake .
Sometimes , when in shallow water , we saw a pointed billow rapidly moving
away from the boat , produced by some large fish below , and I was told it was a ...
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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 |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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