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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... attack the Nests of other Ants—Birds' Nests, how preserved from them—
Reasoning powers in Ants—Parallel between the Mammalia and the
Hymenoptera—Utopia. . . II CHAPTER III. Journey up River continued ...
... attack the Nests of other Ants—Birds' Nests, how preserved from them—
Reasoning powers in Ants—Parallel between the Mammalia and the
Hymenoptera—Utopia. . . II CHAPTER III. Journey up River continued ...
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... he can fancy, will all live both plentifully and happily.” CHAPTER III. Journey up
River continued—Wild Pigs and Jaguar—Bungos— Beach.
... he can fancy, will all live both plentifully and happily.” CHAPTER III. Journey up
River continued—Wild Pigs and Jaguar—Bungos— Beach.
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Journey up River continued—Wild Pigs and Jaguar—Bungos— Beach Machuca
–Castillo—Capture of Castillo by Nelson— India-rubber Trade—Rubber-men—
Method of making Indiarubber—Congo Monkeys—Macaws — The Savallo ...
Journey up River continued—Wild Pigs and Jaguar—Bungos— Beach Machuca
–Castillo—Capture of Castillo by Nelson— India-rubber Trade—Rubber-men—
Method of making Indiarubber—Congo Monkeys—Macaws — The Savallo ...
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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,
...
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The tree grows very quickly, and plantations of it might easily be made, which
would in the course of ten or twelve years become highly remunerative. * We left
Castillo at daylight the next morning, and continued our journey up the river.
The tree grows very quickly, and plantations of it might easily be made, which
would in the course of ten or twelve years become highly remunerative. * We left
Castillo at daylight the next morning, and continued our journey up the river.
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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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