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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Cattle-raising—Don Filiberto Trano's new House—Horse-flies and Wasps—
Teustepe—Spider imitating Ants—Mimetic Species— Animals with special
means of defence are conspicuously marked, or in other ways attract attention—
Accident to ...
Cattle-raising—Don Filiberto Trano's new House—Horse-flies and Wasps—
Teustepe—Spider imitating Ants—Mimetic Species— Animals with special
means of defence are conspicuously marked, or in other ways attract attention—
Accident to ...
Page 3
On our right was a Sandy beach, on our left great beds of grass growing out of
the shoal water—weedy banks filling up the Once spacious harbour, and cattle
wading amongst the long grass, where within the last twenty years a frigate has
lain ...
On our right was a Sandy beach, on our left great beds of grass growing out of
the shoal water—weedy banks filling up the Once spacious harbour, and cattle
wading amongst the long grass, where within the last twenty years a frigate has
lain ...
Page 31
BOAT JOURNEY CONTINUED. 31 large boats called bungos, that carry down to
Greytown the produce of the country and take up merchandise and flour. This
one was laden with cattle and india-rubber. The bungos are flat-bottomed boats,
...
BOAT JOURNEY CONTINUED. 31 large boats called bungos, that carry down to
Greytown the produce of the country and take up merchandise and flour. This
one was laden with cattle and india-rubber. The bungos are flat-bottomed boats,
...
Page 45
We crossed some rocky low hills, with scanty vegetation, and, after passing the
cattle hacienda of San José, reached the plains of the same name, about two
leagues in width, now dry and dusty, but in the wet season forming a great slough
of ...
We crossed some rocky low hills, with scanty vegetation, and, after passing the
cattle hacienda of San José, reached the plains of the same name, about two
leagues in width, now dry and dusty, but in the wet season forming a great slough
of ...
Page 46
The outside of the fruit is a hard thin shell, packed full of seeds in a kind of dry
pulp, on which are fed fowls, and even horses and cattle in the dry season; the
latter are said sometimes to choke themselves with the fruit, whilst trying to eat it.
The outside of the fruit is a hard thin shell, packed full of seeds in a kind of dry
pulp, on which are fed fowls, and even horses and cattle in the dry season; the
latter are said sometimes to choke themselves with the fruit, whilst trying to eat it.
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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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