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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PAGE Arrival at Greytown - The River San Juan - Silting up of the Harbour -
Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Christopher Columbus - Appearance
of the Town - Trade - Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause -
Comparison ...
PAGE Arrival at Greytown - The River San Juan - Silting up of the Harbour -
Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks - Christopher Columbus - Appearance
of the Town - Trade - Healthiness of the Town and its probable cause -
Comparison ...
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PAGE Comoapa - A Native Doctor - Vultures - Flight of Birds that Soar - Natives
live from generation to generation on the same spotDo not give distinctive Names
to the Rivers - Caribs barter Guns and Iron - pots for Dogs — The Hairless Dogs ...
PAGE Comoapa - A Native Doctor - Vultures - Flight of Birds that Soar - Natives
live from generation to generation on the same spotDo not give distinctive Names
to the Rivers - Caribs barter Guns and Iron - pots for Dogs — The Hairless Dogs ...
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CHAPTER I . Arrival at Greytown — The River San Juan - Silting up of the
Harbour - Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks – Christopher Columbus —
Appearance of the Town - TradeHealthiness of the Town and its probable cause
...
CHAPTER I . Arrival at Greytown — The River San Juan - Silting up of the
Harbour - Crossing the Bar - Lives lost on it - Sharks – Christopher Columbus —
Appearance of the Town - TradeHealthiness of the Town and its probable cause
...
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Many lives have been lost on this bar . In 1872 the commander of the United
States surveying expedition and six of his men were drowned in trying to cross it
in Ch . I . ] ARRIVAL AT GREYTOWN . heavy THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA
.
Many lives have been lost on this bar . In 1872 the commander of the United
States surveying expedition and six of his men were drowned in trying to cross it
in Ch . I . ] ARRIVAL AT GREYTOWN . heavy THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA
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Whilst the leaf - cutting ants are entirely vegetable feeders , the foraging ants are
hunters , and live solely on insects or other prey ; and it is a curious analogy that ,
like the hunting races of mankind , they have to change their hunting - grounds ...
Whilst the leaf - cutting ants are entirely vegetable feeders , the foraging ants are
hunters , and live solely on insects or other prey ; and it is a curious analogy that ,
like the hunting races of mankind , they have to change their hunting - grounds ...
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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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