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ADVENTURE WITH A JAGUAR.

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.

BY THOMAS BELT, F.G.S.,

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MINERAL VEINS,' THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA,

ETC., ETC.

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"It was his faith,-perhaps is mine,-

That life in all its forms is one,

And that its secret conduits run

Unseen, but in unbroken line,

From the great fountain-head divine,

Through man and beast, through grain and grass."

LONGFELLOW.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1874.

[The right of Translation is reserved.]

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QH

108. ·B45

Cop. 2

LONDON:

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

MUSEUMS
COFFT
GAIGE COLL.

F-20-83
Дор. Сору

ΤΟ

HENRY WALTER BATES,

WHOSE ADMIRABLE WORK,

64 THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS,'

HAS BEEN MY GUIDE AND MODEL,

I Dedicate this Book,

AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP.

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