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... slope . Instead of descending this with their burdens , they cast them down on the top of the slope , whence they rolled down to the bottom , where another relay of labourers picked them up and carried them to the new burrow . It was ...
... slope . Instead of descending this with their burdens , they cast them down on the top of the slope , whence they rolled down to the bottom , where another relay of labourers picked them up and carried them to the new burrow . It was ...
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... slope . The wood- louse , when the ant got near it , made convulsive springs , throwing itself down the slope , whilst the ant followed , coursing from side to side , and examining the ground with its vibrating antennæ . The actions of ...
... slope . The wood- louse , when the ant got near it , made convulsive springs , throwing itself down the slope , whilst the ant followed , coursing from side to side , and examining the ground with its vibrating antennæ . The actions of ...
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... slopes . In some places the path led along the top of the narrow ridge of a long hog - backed hill ; in others , by a ... slope ; but he made another spring , fell again , but this time with his fore - feet over the rock , and on the ...
... slopes . In some places the path led along the top of the narrow ridge of a long hog - backed hill ; in others , by a ... slope ; but he made another spring , fell again , but this time with his fore - feet over the rock , and on the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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