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 Arrival at Greytown - The River San Juan - Silting up of the Harbour -
Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Christopher Columbus - Appearance
of the Town - Trade - Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause -
Comparison ...
PAGE Arrival at Greytown - The River San Juan - Silting up of the Harbour -
Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Christopher Columbus - Appearance
of the Town - Trade - Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause -
Comparison ...
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CHAPTER I . Arrival at Greytown — The River San Juan - Silting up of the
Harbour - Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks – Christopher Columbus —
Appearance of the Town - TradeHealthiness of the Town and its probable cause
...
CHAPTER I . Arrival at Greytown — The River San Juan - Silting up of the
Harbour - Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks – Christopher Columbus —
Appearance of the Town - TradeHealthiness of the Town and its probable cause
...
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All ships now have to lie off outside , and a shallow and , in heavy weather ,
dangerous bar has to be crossed . All we could see from the steamer was the
sandy beach on which the white surf was breaking , and behind a fringe of
bushes with a ...
All ships now have to lie off outside , and a shallow and , in heavy weather ,
dangerous bar has to be crossed . All we could see from the steamer was the
sandy beach on which the white surf was breaking , and behind a fringe of
bushes with a ...
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When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed , such as a road , two or
three of the females will fly across first , before the male will venture to do so ; and
he is always more careful to get himself concealed amongst the foliage than his ...
When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed , such as a road , two or
three of the females will fly across first , before the male will venture to do so ; and
he is always more careful to get himself concealed amongst the foliage than his ...
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As I returned to the boat , I crossed a column of the army or foraging ants , many
of them dragging along the legs and mangled bodies of insects that they had
captured in their foray . I afterwards often encountered these ants in the forests ,
and ...
As I returned to the boat , I crossed a column of the army or foraging ants , many
of them dragging along the legs and mangled bodies of insects that they had
captured in their foray . I afterwards often encountered these ants in the forests ,
and ...
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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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