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 |
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... and that for nine months of the year it is subject to heavy tropical rains, it is
comparatively healthy, and freer from fever than many places that appear at first
sight better situated. Much is due to the porous sandy soil, but more I believe to
what ...
... and that for nine months of the year it is subject to heavy tropical rains, it is
comparatively healthy, and freer from fever than many places that appear at first
sight better situated. Much is due to the porous sandy soil, but more I believe to
what ...
Page 23
It keeps them together, and prevents individual ants from starting off alone after
objects that, if their eyesight were better, they might discover at a distance ; the
Ecitons and most other ants follow each other by scent, and, I believe, they can ...
It keeps them together, and prevents individual ants from starting off alone after
objects that, if their eyesight were better, they might discover at a distance ; the
Ecitons and most other ants follow each other by scent, and, I believe, they can ...
Page 52
... broken stone statues and pedestals are often met with. Near 'Esquipula there
are some artificial-looking mounds, with great stones set round them ; in fact, this
and another village, a few miles to the south, called San Tomas, are, I believe, ...
... broken stone statues and pedestals are often met with. Near 'Esquipula there
are some artificial-looking mounds, with great stones set round them ; in fact, this
and another village, a few miles to the south, called San Tomas, are, I believe, ...
Page 64
I do not defend slavery, but I believe it to be a greater curse to the masters than to
the slaves, more deteriorating to the former than to the latter. The Spaniards at
first enslaved the Indians, but they died away so rapidly that in a very short time ...
I do not defend slavery, but I believe it to be a greater curse to the masters than to
the slaves, more deteriorating to the former than to the latter. The Spaniards at
first enslaved the Indians, but they died away so rapidly that in a very short time ...
Page 73
73 thick forest the ants do not make their nests, because, I believe, the ventilation
of their underground galleries, about which they are very particular, would be
interfered with, and perhaps to avoid the drip from the trees. It is on the outskirts
of ...
73 thick forest the ants do not make their nests, because, I believe, the ventilation
of their underground galleries, about which they are very particular, would be
interfered with, and perhaps to avoid the drip from the trees. It is on the outskirts
of ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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