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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... Insects — Similarity of Fresh - water productions all over the World -
Distribution of European Land and Fresh - water Shells - Discussion of the
reasons why Fresh - water productions have varied less than those of the Land
and of the Sca .
... Insects — Similarity of Fresh - water productions all over the World -
Distribution of European Land and Fresh - water Shells - Discussion of the
reasons why Fresh - water productions have varied less than those of the Land
and of the Sca .
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As I walked up the beach , I saw many that were not 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 ...
As I walked up the beach , I saw many that were not 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 ...
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... 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.
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This view is much strengthened by the fact that the cerebral ganglia in ants are
more developed than in any other insect , and that in all the Hymenoptera , at the
head of which they stand , “ they are many times larger than in the less intelligent
...
This view is much strengthened by the fact that the cerebral ganglia in ants are
more developed than in any other insect , and that in all the Hymenoptera , at the
head of which they stand , “ they are many times larger than in the less intelligent
...
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W . Childs , in 1851 , is 1071 feet , so that the river falls on an average a little 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 ...
W . Childs , in 1851 , is 1071 feet , so that the river falls on an average a little 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 ...
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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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