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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... between Greytown , Pernambuco , and Maceio - Wild Fruits - Plants - - Parrots ,
Toucans , and Tanagers - Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms — Alligators :
Boy drowned at Blewfields by one — Their method of catching Wild Pigs .
... between Greytown , Pernambuco , and Maceio - Wild Fruits - Plants - - Parrots ,
Toucans , and Tanagers - Butterflies and Beetles - Mimetic Forms — Alligators :
Boy drowned at Blewfields by one — Their method of catching Wild Pigs .
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... The Inhabitants - Mixed Races - Negroes and Indians comparedWomen -
Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining Company - My House and Garden -
Fruits - Plantains and Bananas : probably not indigenous to America :
propagated ...
... The Inhabitants - Mixed Races - Negroes and Indians comparedWomen -
Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining Company - My House and Garden -
Fruits - Plantains and Bananas : probably not indigenous to America :
propagated ...
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Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread - fruit , orange , mango , and
other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of
pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la ...
Others are nearly hidden amongst palms and bread - fruit , orange , mango , and
other tropical fruit trees . A lovely creeper ( Antigonon leptopus ) , with festoons of
pink and rose - coloured flowers , adorns some of the gardens . It is called la ...
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having a fruit like a small apple filled with seeds , of a sub - acid flavour , from
which the celebrated guava jelly is made . The fruit itself often occasions severe
fits of indigestion , and many of the natives will not swallow the small seeds , but ...
having a fruit like a small apple filled with seeds , of a sub - acid flavour , from
which the celebrated guava jelly is made . The fruit itself often occasions severe
fits of indigestion , and many of the natives will not swallow the small seeds , but ...
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Greytown , with its neat white houses , and feathery palms , and large - leaved
bread - fruit - trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying
their paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot along ...
Greytown , with its neat white houses , and feathery palms , and large - leaved
bread - fruit - trees , was soon shut out from our view , and our boatmen plying
their paddles with the greatest dexterity and force , made the canoe shoot along ...
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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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