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 xi
... carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about Wasps - Humming - birds bathing - Nest of Myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca - Tapirs and Jaguars- Summit of Peña Blanca CHAPTER IX . • xi PAGE . 103 126 ...
... carrying the pollen , from obtaining access to the nectaries - Stories about Wasps - Humming - birds bathing - Nest of Myriapods - Ascent of Peña Blanca - Tapirs and Jaguars- Summit of Peña Blanca CHAPTER IX . • xi PAGE . 103 126 ...
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... carried over on its crest , and found ourselves in the smooth water of the river . Many lives have been lost on this bar . In 1872 the commander of the United States surveying expedition and six of his men were drowned in trying to ...
... carried over on its crest , and found ourselves in the smooth water of the river . Many lives have been lost on this bar . In 1872 the commander of the United States surveying expedition and six of his men were drowned in trying to ...
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... carry off the emanations from the soil . As a similar in- stance I may mention the city of Pernambuco , on the eastern coast of Brazil , containing 80,000 inhabitants . It is perfectly level like Greytown , surrounded and in- tersected ...
... carry off the emanations from the soil . As a similar in- stance I may mention the city of Pernambuco , on the eastern coast of Brazil , containing 80,000 inhabitants . It is perfectly level like Greytown , surrounded and in- tersected ...
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... carried along under water . My informant and others followed in a canoe , and ultimately recovered the body , but life was extinct . The alligator cannot devour his prey beneath the water , but crawls on land with it after he has ...
... carried along under water . My informant and others followed in a canoe , and ultimately recovered the body , but life was extinct . The alligator cannot devour his prey beneath the water , but crawls on land with it after he has ...
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... carry down great quantities of mud , sand , and trunks of trees , and gradually form sand - banks at its mouth , pushing out the delta further and further at this point , until it was greatly in advance of the rest of the coast ; the ...
... carry down great quantities of mud , sand , and trunks of trees , and gradually form sand - banks at its mouth , pushing out the delta further and further at this point , until it was greatly in advance of the rest of the coast ; the ...
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amongst ancient animals ants Atlantic attacks beautiful beetles birds branches brook bushes butterflies carried cattle Central America Chontales colour continued couvade covered crossed dark descended dogs Ecitons epiphytes feet flowers forest fresh-water fruit glacial period glands grass green Greytown ground growing hills humming-birds Indians inhabitants insects Jinotega Juigalpa lake land larvæ leaf-cutting ants leaves Libertad lodes look maize Matagalpa Mestizos miles mines mountain mules Nahuatls natives nearly nests never Nicaragua night numerous o'clock Ocotal passed Peña Blanca plains plants probably quartz rain range reached resemblance Rio Frio river road rock rocky San Ubaldo Santo Domingo savannahs seen shrubs side slope soon Spaniards species spider steep sting stones surface tion told town trachyte travelling trees trogons tropical America valley variety vegetation veins Velasquez wasp whilst wings yellow young