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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... the lake to keep open a fine harbour, if it were not that about twenty miles
above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by sending off a large branch
called the Colorado river, and lower down parts with more of its waters by side
channels.
... the lake to keep open a fine harbour, if it were not that about twenty miles
above its mouth it begins to dissipate its force by sending off a large branch
called the Colorado river, and lower down parts with more of its waters by side
channels.
Page 4
It is called la vegessima, “the beautiful,” by the natives, and I found it afterwards
growing wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and Segovia, where it was one of the
great favourites of the flower-loving Indians. The land at Greytown and around it ...
It is called la vegessima, “the beautiful,” by the natives, and I found it afterwards
growing wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and Segovia, where it was one of the
great favourites of the flower-loving Indians. The land at Greytown and around it ...
Page 6
I saw another fruit growing here, a yellow berry about the size of a cherry, called “
Nancito ” by the natives. It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like
olives. Beyond the brushwood, which grows where the original forest has been
cut ...
I saw another fruit growing here, a yellow berry about the size of a cherry, called “
Nancito ” by the natives. It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like
olives. Beyond the brushwood, which grows where the original forest has been
cut ...
Page 17
In Nicaragua they are generally called “Army Ants.” One of the smaller species (
Eciton predator) used occasionally to visit our house and Swarm over the floors
and walls, searching every cranny, and driving out the cockroaches and spiders,
...
In Nicaragua they are generally called “Army Ants.” One of the smaller species (
Eciton predator) used occasionally to visit our house and Swarm over the floors
and walls, searching every cranny, and driving out the cockroaches and spiders,
...
Page 18
My attention was generally first called to them by the twittering of some small
birds, belonging to several different species, that follow the ants in the woods. On
approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide, and so
numerous ...
My attention was generally first called to them by the twittering of some small
birds, belonging to several different species, that follow the ants in the woods. On
approaching, a dense body of the ants, three or four yards wide, and so
numerous ...
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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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