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Page 103
It was so small , and the spider so heavy , that it probably could not have raised if
from the ground by flight . All over the world there 1 Natural Selection , by A . R .
Wallace , p . 272 . are wasps that store their nests with the bodies of.
It was so small , and the spider so heavy , that it probably could not have raised if
from the ground by flight . All over the world there 1 Natural Selection , by A . R .
Wallace , p . 272 . are wasps that store their nests with the bodies of.
Page 122
It had been raining for weeks at Libertad , and everywhere the ground was wet
and swampy , but two miles on the other side of the range the ground was quite
dry , and so it continued to Juigalpa . Dry gravelly hills , covered with low scrubby
...
It had been raining for weeks at Libertad , and everywhere the ground was wet
and swampy , but two miles on the other side of the range the ground was quite
dry , and so it continued to Juigalpa . Dry gravelly hills , covered with low scrubby
...
Page 146
The surface of the ground is not level on the savannahs , but consists of hill and
dale , just as in the forest . Altogether the conditions seemed to be exactly the
same , and it appeared a difficult matter to account for the fact that the forest
should ...
The surface of the ground is not level on the savannahs , but consists of hill and
dale , just as in the forest . Altogether the conditions seemed to be exactly the
same , and it appeared a difficult matter to account for the fact that the forest
should ...
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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