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... carry every morsel of it under shelter again ; and sometimes , when I had dug into a nest , I found the next day all ... carried 1 This theory that the leaf - cutting ants feed on a fungus which they cultivate has been confirmed by Mr ...
... carry every morsel of it under shelter again ; and sometimes , when I had dug into a nest , I found the next day all ... carried 1 This theory that the leaf - cutting ants feed on a fungus which they cultivate has been confirmed by Mr ...
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... carried hundreds of miles without much labour to themselves . I added two fine new Carabidae to my collection ; and about eleven o'clock started back again , having many a fall on the slippery steep before I reached the place where I ...
... carried hundreds of miles without much labour to themselves . I added two fine new Carabidae to my collection ; and about eleven o'clock started back again , having many a fall on the slippery steep before I reached the place where I ...
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... carried to a great height , forming clouds , or falling in showers of rain and hail . This condensation of vapour is an effect , and not a cause , and takes place , not in the centre , but at the top or at the sides of the ascending ...
... carried to a great height , forming clouds , or falling in showers of rain and hail . This condensation of vapour is an effect , and not a cause , and takes place , not in the centre , but at the top or at the sides of the ascending ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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