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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... to the country of the nomad Kirghizes and the far Altai mountains on the
borders of Thibet ; and when readers receive my work I shall probably have
turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be speeding across the frozen
Siberian ...
... to the country of the nomad Kirghizes and the far Altai mountains on the
borders of Thibet ; and when readers receive my work I shall probably have
turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be speeding across the frozen
Siberian ...
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... Nicaragua in 1872 — Water - bearing Plants — Insect - traps - The
southwestern edge of the Forest Region - Influence of Cultivation upon it -
Sagacity of the Mule · · · · · 176 CHAPTER XI . Start on journey to Segovia —
Rocky Mountain Road ...
... Nicaragua in 1872 — Water - bearing Plants — Insect - traps - The
southwestern edge of the Forest Region - Influence of Cultivation upon it -
Sagacity of the Mule · · · · · 176 CHAPTER XI . Start on journey to Segovia —
Rocky Mountain Road ...
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Olama – The “ Sanate " - Muymuy - Idleness of the People — Mountain Road —
The “ Bull Rock ” — The Bull ' s - horn Thorn - Ants kept as Standing Armies by
some Plants — Use of Honey - secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects ,
and ...
Olama – The “ Sanate " - Muymuy - Idleness of the People — Mountain Road —
The “ Bull Rock ” — The Bull ' s - horn Thorn - Ants kept as Standing Armies by
some Plants — Use of Honey - secreting Glands - Plant - lice , Scale - insects ,
and ...
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The Seripiqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and
then commences a rough mountain muletrack to San José , the capital of Costa
Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river . At eight we ...
The Seripiqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point , and
then commences a rough mountain muletrack to San José , the capital of Costa
Rica . We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river . At eight we ...
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To the left , in the dim distance , were the cloudcapped mountains of Costa Rica ;
to the right , nearer at hand , low hills and ranges covered with dark forests . The
lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere ...
To the left , in the dim distance , were the cloudcapped mountains of Costa Rica ;
to the right , nearer at hand , low hills and ranges covered with dark forests . The
lake is too large to be called beautiful , and its vast extent and the mere ...
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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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