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Introduction xix about by natural selection — the less perfect the mimicry the
more liable are the individuals to be attacked , and the less chance have they of
reproducing their kind . This imitation was first accounted for by Mr . Bates in the
case ...
Introduction xix about by natural selection — the less perfect the mimicry the
more liable are the individuals to be attacked , and the less chance have they of
reproducing their kind . This imitation was first accounted for by Mr . Bates in the
case ...
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As I walked up the beach , I saw many that were not less than fifteen feet in length
. One lay motionless , and thinking it was another dead one , I was walking up to
it , and had got within three yards , when I saw the film over its eye moving ...
As I walked up the beach , I saw many that were not less than fifteen feet in length
. One lay motionless , and thinking it was another dead one , I was walking up to
it , and had got within three yards , when I saw the film over its eye moving ...
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Thus , in the orange tribe , the lime ( Citrus lemonum ) is less liked than the other
species ; it is the only one that I ever found growing really wild in Central America
: and I have sometimes thought that even in the short time since the lime was ...
Thus , in the orange tribe , the lime ( Citrus lemonum ) is less liked than the other
species ; it is the only one that I ever found growing really wild in Central America
: and I have sometimes thought that even in the short time since the lime was ...
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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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