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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... run Unseen , but in unbroken line , From the great fountain - head divine ,
Through man and beast , through grain and grass . " LONGFELLOW WITH MAP
AND ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET .
1874 .
... run Unseen , but in unbroken line , From the great fountain - head divine ,
Through man and beast , through grain and grass . " LONGFELLOW WITH MAP
AND ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : JOHN MURRAY , ALBEMARLE STREET .
1874 .
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Great arums are perched on the forks and send down roots like cords to the
ground , whilst lianas run from tree to tree or hang in loops and folds like the
disordered tackle of a ship . Green parrots fly over in screaming flocks , or nestle
in loving ...
Great arums are perched on the forks and send down roots like cords to the
ground , whilst lianas run from tree to tree or hang in loops and folds like the
disordered tackle of a ship . Green parrots fly over in screaming flocks , or nestle
in loving ...
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... channel where a stronger stream was running , and now we coasted along
close to the shore to avoid the strength of the current . The banks at first were low
and marshy and intersected by numerous channels ; the principal tree was a long
...
... channel where a stronger stream was running , and now we coasted along
close to the shore to avoid the strength of the current . The banks at first were low
and marshy and intersected by numerous channels ; the principal tree was a long
...
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The cockroaches , spiders , and other insects , instead of running right away ,
would ascend the fallen branches and remain there , whilst the host of ants were
occupying all the ground below . By - and - by up would come some of the ants ...
The cockroaches , spiders , and other insects , instead of running right away ,
would ascend the fallen branches and remain there , whilst the host of ants were
occupying all the ground below . By - and - by up would come some of the ants ...
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When a nest of the Hypoclinca is attacked , the ants rush out , carrying the larvæ
and pupæ in their jaws , but are immediately despoiled of them by the Ecitons ,
which are running about in every direction with great swiftness . Whenever they ...
When a nest of the Hypoclinca is attacked , the ants rush out , carrying the larvæ
and pupæ in their jaws , but are immediately despoiled of them by the Ecitons ,
which are running about in every direction with great swiftness . Whenever they ...
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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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