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 xii
... Tropics - Scarcity of Gold in the Valley Gravels -Difference of the Mollusca on the East and West Coast of the Isthmus of Darien - The Refuge of the Tropical American Animals and Plants during the Glacial Period - The Lowering of the ...
... Tropics - Scarcity of Gold in the Valley Gravels -Difference of the Mollusca on the East and West Coast of the Isthmus of Darien - The Refuge of the Tropical American Animals and Plants during the Glacial Period - The Lowering of the ...
Page xiii
... Tropical America -Palacaguina - Hospitality of the Mestizos - Curious Custom at the Festival at Condego - Cross Range between Segovia and Mata- galpa - Sontuli - Birds ' Nests . CHAPTER XVI . Concordia - Jinotega - Indian Habits ...
... Tropical America -Palacaguina - Hospitality of the Mestizos - Curious Custom at the Festival at Condego - Cross Range between Segovia and Mata- galpa - Sontuli - Birds ' Nests . CHAPTER XVI . Concordia - Jinotega - Indian Habits ...
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... tropical towns that I have visited . The houses , especially in the business portion of the town , are well- built of wood , and painted white with brown roofs . Pretty flower gardens surround or front many of them . Others are nearly ...
... tropical towns that I have visited . The houses , especially in the business portion of the town , are well- built of wood , and painted white with brown roofs . Pretty flower gardens surround or front many of them . Others are nearly ...
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... tropical rains , it is com- paratively healthy , and freer from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated . Much is due to the porous sandy soil , but more I believe to what appears at first sight an element of ...
... tropical rains , it is com- paratively healthy , and freer from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated . Much is due to the porous sandy soil , but more I believe to what appears at first sight an element of ...
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... tropical America . Amongst the beetles I found a curious longi- corn ( Desmiphora fasciculata ) , covered with long brown . and black hairs , and closely resembling some of the short , thick , hairy caterpillars that are common on the ...
... tropical America . Amongst the beetles I found a curious longi- corn ( Desmiphora fasciculata ) , covered with long brown . and black hairs , and closely resembling some of the short , thick , hairy caterpillars that are common on the ...
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