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 5
Notwithstanding , however , its apparent disadvantages , and that for nine months
of the year it is subject to heavy tropical rains , it is comparatively healthy , and
freer from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated . Much
is ...
Notwithstanding , however , its apparent disadvantages , and that for nine months
of the year it is subject to heavy tropical rains , it is comparatively healthy , and
freer from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated . Much
is ...
Page 14
Sleep for me was impossible , and to add to the discomfort , at midnight the rain
commenced to come down in torrents . We had an old tarpaulin with us , Ch . II . ]
BOAT JOURNEY UP THE SAN 14 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
Sleep for me was impossible , and to add to the discomfort , at midnight the rain
commenced to come down in torrents . We had an old tarpaulin with us , Ch . II . ]
BOAT JOURNEY UP THE SAN 14 [ Ch . II . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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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
. The banks were hidden by a curtain of creeping and twining plants , many of ...
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
. The banks were hidden by a curtain of creeping and twining plants , many of ...
Page 35
REACH THE LAKE . 35 some of the black Congo monkeys ( Mycetes palliatus )
which at times , especially before rain and at nightfall , make a fearful howling ,
though not so loud as the Brazilian species . Screaming macaws , in their
gorgeous ...
REACH THE LAKE . 35 some of the black Congo monkeys ( Mycetes palliatus )
which at times , especially before rain and at nightfall , make a fearful howling ,
though not so loud as the Brazilian species . Screaming macaws , in their
gorgeous ...
Page 58
Unlike the plains and savannahs we crossed yesterday , where the ground was
parched up in the dry season , the Atlantic forest , bathed in the rains distilled
from the north - east trades , is ever verdant . Perennial moisture Ch . IV . ] ROAD
...
Unlike the plains and savannahs we crossed yesterday , where the ground was
parched up in the dry season , the Atlantic forest , bathed in the rains distilled
from the north - east trades , is ever verdant . Perennial moisture Ch . IV . ] ROAD
...
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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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