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 |
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Page ix
... Night -Fine Morning - Vegetation of the Banks - Seripiqui River- Mot - mots - Foraging Ants : their method of Hunting - Ant- Thrushes - They attack the Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ...
... Night -Fine Morning - Vegetation of the Banks - Seripiqui River- Mot - mots - Foraging Ants : their method of Hunting - Ant- Thrushes - They attack the Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ...
Page xi
... Night Life 150 CHAPTER X. Juigalpa A Nicaraguan Family - Description of the Road from Jui- galpa to Santo Domingo - Comparative scarcity of Insects in Nica- ragua in 1872 - Water - bearing Plants - Insect - traps - The south- western ...
... Night Life 150 CHAPTER X. Juigalpa A Nicaraguan Family - Description of the Road from Jui- galpa to Santo Domingo - Comparative scarcity of Insects in Nica- ragua in 1872 - Water - bearing Plants - Insect - traps - The south- western ...
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... Night -Fine Morning - Vegetation of the Banks - Seripiqui river- Mot - mots - Foraging Ants - Their method of Hunting - Ant Thrushes - They attack the Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ...
... Night -Fine Morning - Vegetation of the Banks - Seripiqui river- Mot - mots - Foraging Ants - Their method of Hunting - Ant Thrushes - They attack the Nests of other Ants - Birds ' Nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ...
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... night to an end , and to commence paddling up the river again . As the day broke the rain ceased , the mists cleared away , our spirits revived , and we forgot our discomforts of the night in admiration of the beauties of the river ...
... night to an end , and to commence paddling up the river again . As the day broke the rain ceased , the mists cleared away , our spirits revived , and we forgot our discomforts of the night in admiration of the beauties of the river ...
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... night ; their bronzed , glistening , naked bodies , as they ply their long poles all together in unison , and chant some Spanish boat - song , is one of the sights that lingers in the memory of the traveller up the San Juan . Our ...
... night ; their bronzed , glistening , naked bodies , as they ply their long poles all together in unison , and chant some Spanish boat - song , is one of the sights that lingers in the memory of the traveller up the San Juan . Our ...
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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