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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 39
Page xiii
... less than those of the Land and of the Sea . CHAPTER XIX . Iguanas and Lizards - Granada - Politics - Revolutions - Cacao Culti- vation - Masaya - The Lake of Masaya - The Volcano of Masaya -Origin of the Lake Basin • PAGE . 275 292 308 ...
... less than those of the Land and of the Sea . CHAPTER XIX . Iguanas and Lizards - Granada - Politics - Revolutions - Cacao Culti- vation - Masaya - The Lake of Masaya - The Volcano of Masaya -Origin of the Lake Basin • PAGE . 275 292 308 ...
Page 9
... less than fifteen feet in length . One lay motionless , and thinking it was another dead one , I was walking up to it , and had got within three yards , when I saw the film over its eye moving , otherwise it was quite still , and its ...
... less than fifteen feet in length . One lay motionless , and thinking it was another dead one , I was walking up to it , and had got within three yards , when I saw the film over its eye moving , otherwise it was quite still , and its ...
Page 13
... be a herculean task , and it would cost much less money to move the whole town to the Colorado , and then by dredging the bar there a fine harbour might easily be made , but unfortunately the Colorado is in Costa Rica , the Greytown branch.
... be a herculean task , and it would cost much less money to move the whole town to the Colorado , and then by dredging the bar there a fine harbour might easily be made , but unfortunately the Colorado is in Costa Rica , the Greytown branch.
Page 28
... less intelligent orders , such as beetles . " * The Hymenoptera standing at the head of the Arti- culata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is curious to mark how in zoological history the ap- pearance and development ...
... less intelligent orders , such as beetles . " * The Hymenoptera standing at the head of the Arti- culata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is curious to mark how in zoological history the ap- pearance and development ...
Page 35
... less than one foot per mile . The height of the lowest pass between the lake and the Pacific is said to be twenty - six feet above the lake , therefore at that point the highest elevation between the two oceans is only about 133 feet ...
... less than one foot per mile . The height of the lowest pass between the lake and the Pacific is said to be twenty - six feet above the lake , therefore at that point the highest elevation between the two oceans is only about 133 feet ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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