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 The Lake of Nicaragua - - Ometepec - Becalmed on the Lake - - White
Cygnets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the Plains — Vegetation of the Plains
- Armadillo Savannahs - - Jicara Trees - Jicara Bowls - Origin of Gourd - shaped ...
PAGE The Lake of Nicaragua - - Ometepec - Becalmed on the Lake - - White
Cygnets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the Plains — Vegetation of the Plains
- Armadillo Savannahs - - Jicara Trees - Jicara Bowls - Origin of Gourd - shaped ...
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Concordia — Jinotega - Indian Habits retained by the People - Indian Names of
Towns - Security of Travellers in Nicaragua - Native Flour - milk - Uncomfortable
Lodgings — Tierrabona – Dust Whirlwind - Initial form of a Cyclone - The origin of
...
Concordia — Jinotega - Indian Habits retained by the People - Indian Names of
Towns - Security of Travellers in Nicaragua - Native Flour - milk - Uncomfortable
Lodgings — Tierrabona – Dust Whirlwind - Initial form of a Cyclone - The origin of
...
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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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The people are of mixed origin , Indian , Spanish , and Negro , the Indian element
predominating . Two or three better built stores , and the quarters of the military
governor , redeem the place from an appearance of utter squalor . Behind the ...
The people are of mixed origin , Indian , Spanish , and Negro , the Indian element
predominating . Two or three better built stores , and the quarters of the military
governor , redeem the place from an appearance of utter squalor . Behind the ...
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It is very common to find the Indian tribes of America called after different wild
animals , and my own opinion is that the origin of the fable about the red hair was
a theory to explain why they were called Guatuses ; for the natives of Nicaragua ...
It is very common to find the Indian tribes of America called after different wild
animals , and my own opinion is that the origin of the fable about the red hair was
a theory to explain why they were called Guatuses ; for the natives of Nicaragua ...
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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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