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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... once spacious harbour , and cattle wading amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a frigate has lain at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds are abundant in these marshes , amongst which white cranes and a chocolate ...
... once spacious harbour , and cattle wading amongst the long grass , where within the last twenty years a frigate has lain at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds are abundant in these marshes , amongst which white cranes and a chocolate ...
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... the rapids . I was once in one , coming down a dangerous rapid on the river Gurupy , in Northern Brazil , when we were driven with the full force of the boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we were nearly.
... the rapids . I was once in one , coming down a dangerous rapid on the river Gurupy , in Northern Brazil , when we were driven with the full force of the boiling stream broadside upon a rock , with such force that we were nearly.
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... once saw one of the false spiders , or harvest - men ( Phalangida ) , standing in the midst of an army of ants , and with the greatest circumspection and coolness lifting , one after the other , its long legs , which supported its body ...
... once saw one of the false spiders , or harvest - men ( Phalangida ) , standing in the midst of an army of ants , and with the greatest circumspection and coolness lifting , one after the other , its long legs , which supported its body ...
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... once saw a wide column trying to pass along a crumbling , nearly perpen- dicular , slope . They would have got very slowly over it , and many of them would have fallen , but a number having secured their hold , and reaching to each ...
... once saw a wide column trying to pass along a crumbling , nearly perpen- dicular , slope . They would have got very slowly over it , and many of them would have fallen , but a number having secured their hold , and reaching to each ...
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... once strong fort built by the Spaniards , the crumbling walls now green with the delicate fronds of a maidenhair fern ( Adiantum ) . The little town consists of a single rugged street leading up from the lake . The Ch . III . ] WILD ...
... once strong fort built by the Spaniards , the crumbling walls now green with the delicate fronds of a maidenhair fern ( Adiantum ) . The little town consists of a single rugged street leading up from the lake . The Ch . III . ] WILD ...
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