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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Page 8
These deceptive resemblances are supposed, by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection, to have been brought about by varieties of one
species, that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection,
being ...
These deceptive resemblances are supposed, by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection, to have been brought about by varieties of one
species, that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection,
being ...
Page 25
I thrust a long stick down to the centre of the cluster, and brought out clinging to it
many ants holding larvae and pupae, which probably were kept warm by the
crowding together of the ants. Besides the common dark-coloured workers and ...
I thrust a long stick down to the centre of the cluster, and brought out clinging to it
many ants holding larvae and pupae, which probably were kept warm by the
crowding together of the ants. Besides the common dark-coloured workers and ...
Page 30
Soon after we heard some wild pigs (Dicoteles tajaçu) or Wari, as they are called
by the natives, striking their teeth together in the wood, and one of the boatmen
leaping on shore soon shot one, which he brought on board after cutting out a ...
Soon after we heard some wild pigs (Dicoteles tajaçu) or Wari, as they are called
by the natives, striking their teeth together in the wood, and one of the boatmen
leaping on shore soon shot one, which he brought on board after cutting out a ...
Page 32
He showed to me pieces of cordage, pottery, and stone implements brought
down by the rubber men from the wild Indians of the Rio Frio. Castillo is one of
the centres of the rubber trade. Parties of men are here fitted out with canoes and
...
He showed to me pieces of cordage, pottery, and stone implements brought
down by the rubber men from the wild Indians of the Rio Frio. Castillo is one of
the centres of the rubber trade. Parties of men are here fitted out with canoes and
...
Page 37
We found there two men who had just been brought down the Rio Frio by their
companions, greatly injured by the lianas, up which they had made their ladder to
ascend one of the rubber trees, having broken and precipitated them to the ...
We found there two men who had just been brought down the Rio Frio by their
companions, greatly injured by the lianas, up which they had made their ladder to
ascend one of the rubber trees, having broken and precipitated them to the ...
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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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