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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... when readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face
homewards again , and for weeks be speeding across the frozen Siberian
steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my
book has sped .
... when readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face
homewards again , and for weeks be speeding across the frozen Siberian
steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my
book has sped .
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There was no doubt , however , about the movement of the eye - covers , and I
went back a short distance to look for a stick to throw at him ; but when I turned
again , he was just disappearing into the water . It is the habit of these animals to
lie ...
There was no doubt , however , about the movement of the eye - covers , and I
went back a short distance to look for a stick to throw at him ; but when I turned
again , he was just disappearing into the water . It is the habit of these animals to
lie ...
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23 many other birds build in holes of trees or in the ground , and these , with their
heads ever turned to the only entrance , are in the best possible position to pick
off the solitary parties when they first approach , and thus prevent them from ...
23 many other birds build in holes of trees or in the ground , and these , with their
heads ever turned to the only entrance , are in the best possible position to pick
off the solitary parties when they first approach , and thus prevent them from ...
Page 87
87 nearly vertically , excepting that they are very irregular in thickness , and often
branch and send thin offshoots into the enclosing rocks ; they resemble coal
seams that have been turned up on edge , so as to be vertical instead of
horizontal .
87 nearly vertically , excepting that they are very irregular in thickness , and often
branch and send thin offshoots into the enclosing rocks ; they resemble coal
seams that have been turned up on edge , so as to be vertical instead of
horizontal .
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concealed itself amongst some leaves ; but the ant soon discovered it , paralysed
it with a sting , and was running away with it , turned in , back downwards ,
beneath itself , when I secured the hunter for my collection . All these ants that
hunt ...
concealed itself amongst some leaves ; but the ant soon discovered it , paralysed
it with a sting , and was running away with it , turned in , back downwards ,
beneath itself , when I secured the hunter for my collection . All these ants that
hunt ...
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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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