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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... body of water ran past Greytown ; there was then a magnificent port , and large ships sailed up to the town , but for several years past the Colorado branch has been taking away more and more of the waters , and the port of Greytown has ...
... body of water ran past Greytown ; there was then a magnificent port , and large ships sailed up to the town , but for several years past the Colorado branch has been taking away more and more of the waters , and the port of Greytown has ...
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... bodies were ever found ; for what adds to the horror of an upset at this place , and perhaps has unnerved many a man at a critical moment , is that large sharks swarm about the entrance to the river . We saw the fin of one , rising ...
... bodies were ever found ; for what adds to the horror of an upset at this place , and perhaps has unnerved many a man at a critical moment , is that large sharks swarm about the entrance to the river . We saw the fin of one , rising ...
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... body , and its resemblance to a caterpillar so great , that I was myself at first deceived by it . It is well known that insectivorous birds will not touch a hairy caterpillar , and this is only one of numberless instances where insects ...
... body , and its resemblance to a caterpillar so great , that I was myself at first deceived by it . It is well known that insectivorous birds will not touch a hairy caterpillar , and this is only one of numberless instances where insects ...
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... body , but life was extinct . The alligator cannot devour his prey beneath the water , but crawls on land with it after he has drowned it . They are said to catch wild pigs in the forest near the river by half burying themselves in the ...
... body , but life was extinct . The alligator cannot devour his prey beneath the water , but crawls on land with it after he has drowned it . They are said to catch wild pigs in the forest near the river by half burying themselves in the ...
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... body of water formerly flowed down past Greytown , and kept the harbour there open , but a few years ago , during a heavy flood , the river greatly enlarged and deepened the entrance to the Colorado Channel , and since then year by year ...
... body of water formerly flowed down past Greytown , and kept the harbour there open , but a few years ago , during a heavy flood , the river greatly enlarged and deepened the entrance to the Colorado Channel , and since then year by year ...
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