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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... From the great fountain - head divine , Through man and beast , through grain
and grass . " LONGFELLOW WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON :
JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET . 1874 . [ The right of Translation is
reserved ...
... From the great fountain - head divine , Through man and beast , through grain
and grass . " LONGFELLOW WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON :
JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET . 1874 . [ The right of Translation is
reserved ...
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There were not less than twenty altogether , and they swam out into the middle of
the inlet and floated about , looking like logs in the water , excepting that one
stretched up his head and gave a bellow like a bull . They sometimes kill calves ...
There were not less than twenty altogether , and they swam out into the middle of
the inlet and floated about , looking like logs in the water , excepting that one
stretched up his head and gave a bellow like a bull . They sometimes kill calves ...
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This was told me by the head of the excellent Moravian Mission , at Blewfields ,
who was a witness of the occurrence . He said that one Sunday , after service at
their chapel at Blewfields , several of the youths went to bathe in the river , which
...
This was told me by the head of the excellent Moravian Mission , at Blewfields ,
who was a witness of the occurrence . He said that one Sunday , after service at
their chapel at Blewfields , several of the youths went to bathe in the river , which
...
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This is about twenty miles above Greytown , but only eighteen by the Colorado to
the sea , and is near the head of the delta , as I have already mentioned . The
main body of water formerly flowed down past Greytown , and kept the harbour ...
This is about twenty miles above Greytown , but only eighteen by the Colorado to
the sea , and is near the head of the delta , as I have already mentioned . The
main body of water formerly flowed down past Greytown , and kept the harbour ...
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... at a little distance from the line , with his head projecting . Several ants passed
it , but at last one discovered it and tried to pull it out , but could not . It
immediately set off at a great rate , and I thought it had deserted its comrade , but
it had only ...
... at a little distance from the line , with his head projecting . Several ants passed
it , but at last one discovered it and tried to pull it out , but could not . It
immediately set off at a great rate , and I thought it had deserted its comrade , but
it had only ...
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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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