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 xii
... latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants - Waxy Secretions of the Homopterous Hemiptera 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa - Aguardiente - Fermented Liquors of the Indians - The Wine Palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans - Pine and Oak Forests ...
... latter - Contest between Wasps and Ants - Waxy Secretions of the Homopterous Hemiptera 212 CHAPTER XIII . Matagalpa - Aguardiente - Fermented Liquors of the Indians - The Wine Palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans - Pine and Oak Forests ...
Page 25
... latter situation was open at one side . The ants were clustered together in a dense mass , like a great swarm of bees , hanging from the roof , but reaching to the ground below . Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads ...
... latter situation was open at one side . The ants were clustered together in a dense mass , like a great swarm of bees , hanging from the roof , but reaching to the ground below . Their innumerable long legs looked like brown threads ...
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... latter is taken from the Siphonia elastica , a Euphorbiaceous tree ; but in Central America the tree that yields it is a specimen of wild fig ( Castilloa elastica ) . It is easily known by its large leaves , and I saw several whilst ...
... latter is taken from the Siphonia elastica , a Euphorbiaceous tree ; but in Central America the tree that yields it is a specimen of wild fig ( Castilloa elastica ) . It is easily known by its large leaves , and I saw several whilst ...
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... latter issues from the lake . The banks of its upper waters are inhabited by a race of Indians who have never been subjected by the Spaniards , and about whom very little is known . They are called Guatuses , and have been said to have ...
... latter issues from the lake . The banks of its upper waters are inhabited by a race of Indians who have never been subjected by the Spaniards , and about whom very little is known . They are called Guatuses , and have been said to have ...
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... latter , I was fortu- nate enough to obtain a rude stone hatchet , set in a stone - cut wooden handle : it was firmly fixed in a hole made in the thick end of the handle . It is a singular fact , and one showing the persistence of ...
... latter , I was fortu- nate enough to obtain a rude stone hatchet , set in a stone - cut wooden handle : it was firmly fixed in a hole made in the thick end of the handle . It is a singular fact , and one showing the persistence of ...
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