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
... 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 due to the porous sandy soil , but more I believe to what
appears at first ...
... 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 due to the porous sandy soil , but more I believe to what
appears at first ...
Page 23
It keeps them together , and prevents individual ants from starting off alone after
objects that , if their eyesight were better , they might discover at a distance ; the
Ecitons and most other ants follow each other by scent , and , I believe , they can
...
It keeps them together , and prevents individual ants from starting off alone after
objects that , if their eyesight were better , they might discover at a distance ; the
Ecitons and most other ants follow each other by scent , and , I believe , they can
...
Page 52
Near Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set
round them ; in fact , this and another village , a few miles to the south , called
San Tomas , are , I believe , both built on the sites of old Indian towns .
Near Esquipula there are some artificial - looking mounds , with great stones set
round them ; in fact , this and another village , a few miles to the south , called
San Tomas , are , I believe , both built on the sites of old Indian towns .
Page 64
I do not defend slavery , but I believe it to be a greater curse to the masters than
to the slaves , more deteriorating to the former than to the latter . The Spaniards at
first enslaved the Indians , but they died away so rapidly that in a very short time ...
I do not defend slavery , but I believe it to be a greater curse to the masters than
to the slaves , more deteriorating to the former than to the latter . The Spaniards at
first enslaved the Indians , but they died away so rapidly that in a very short time ...
Page 73
73 thick forest the ants do not make their nests , because , I believe , the
ventilation of their underground galleries , about which they are very particular ,
would be interfered with , and perhaps to avoid the drip from the trees . It is on the
outskirts ...
73 thick forest the ants do not make their nests , because , I believe , the
ventilation of their underground galleries , about which they are very particular ,
would be interfered with , and perhaps to avoid the drip from the trees . It is on the
outskirts ...
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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 | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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