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 5
It is perfectly level like Greytown, surrounded and intersected with channels of
water, above the level of which it only stands a few feet. The crowded parts of the
town are noted for their evilsmells and filth, but, though entirely without drainage
it ...
It is perfectly level like Greytown, surrounded and intersected with channels of
water, above the level of which it only stands a few feet. The crowded parts of the
town are noted for their evilsmells and filth, but, though entirely without drainage
it ...
Page 9
As I walked up the beach, I saw many that were not less than fifteen feet in length.
One lay motionless, and thinking it was another dead one, I was walking up to it,
and had got within three yards, when Isaw the film over its eye moving, ...
As I walked up the beach, I saw many that were not less than fifteen feet in length.
One lay motionless, and thinking it was another dead one, I was walking up to it,
and had got within three yards, when Isaw the film over its eye moving, ...
Page 13
Now, (I am writing in 1873) there is twelve feet of water on the bar at the Colorado
in the height of the dry season, whilst at Greytown the outlet of the river is
sometimes closed altogether. The merchants at Greytown have entertained the
project ...
Now, (I am writing in 1873) there is twelve feet of water on the bar at the Colorado
in the height of the dry season, whilst at Greytown the outlet of the river is
sometimes closed altogether. The merchants at Greytown have entertained the
project ...
Page 24
of Eciton hamata running along the foot of a nearly perpendicular tramway cutting
, the side of which was about six feet high. At one point I noticed a sort of
assembly of about a dozen individuals that appeared in consultation. Suddenly
one ant ...
of Eciton hamata running along the foot of a nearly perpendicular tramway cutting
, the side of which was about six feet high. At one point I noticed a sort of
assembly of about a dozen individuals that appeared in consultation. Suddenly
one ant ...
Page 31
The bungos are flat-bottomed boats, about forty feet long and nine feet wide.
There is generally a little cabin, roofed over at the stern, in which the wife of the
captain lives. The bungo is poled along by twelve bungo-men, who have usually
only ...
The bungos are flat-bottomed boats, about forty feet long and nine feet wide.
There is generally a little cabin, roofed over at the stern, in which the wife of the
captain lives. The bungo is poled along by twelve bungo-men, who have usually
only ...
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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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