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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... The Hairless Dogs of Tropical AmericaDifference between Artificial and Natural
Selection - The cause of Sterility between Allied Species considered – The
disadvantages of a covering of hair in a domesticated animal in a Tropical
Country .
... The Hairless Dogs of Tropical AmericaDifference between Artificial and Natural
Selection - The cause of Sterility between Allied Species considered – The
disadvantages of a covering of hair in a domesticated animal in a Tropical
Country .
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Perfectly level , surrounded by swamps , and without any system of drainage ,
either natural or artificial , excepting such as the sandy soil affords , Greytown
might be thought a very unhealthy site for a town . Notwithstanding , however , its
...
Perfectly level , surrounded by swamps , and without any system of drainage ,
either natural or artificial , excepting such as the sandy soil affords , Greytown
might be thought a very unhealthy site for a town . Notwithstanding , however , its
...
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ranges and with a good natural drainage is much more unhealthy , fevers being
very prevalent . As at Greytown so at Pernambuco , the trade winds blow with
much regularity , and there are no hills nor hollows to interfere with the
movements ...
ranges and with a good natural drainage is much more unhealthy , fevers being
very prevalent . As at Greytown so at Pernambuco , the trade winds blow with
much regularity , and there are no hills nor hollows to interfere with the
movements ...
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These deceptive resemblances are supposed , by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection , to have been brought about by varieties of one
species , that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection ...
These deceptive resemblances are supposed , by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection , to have been brought about by varieties of one
species , that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection ...
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They widened this natural bridge to three times its width by a number of ants
clinging to it and to each other on each side , over which the column passed
three or four deep ; whereas excepting for this expedient they would have had to
pass ...
They widened this natural bridge to three times its width by a number of ants
clinging to it and to each other on each side , over which the column passed
three or four deep ; whereas excepting for this expedient they would have had to
pass ...
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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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