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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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... grow and magnify , or , on the contrary , be kicked back into the sea of oblivion . This much is necessary ; not to disarm criticism , but to excuse myself to those authors whose labours on some of the subjects I have treated of may not ...
... grow and magnify , or , on the contrary , be kicked back into the sea of oblivion . This much is necessary ; not to disarm criticism , but to excuse myself to those authors whose labours on some of the subjects I have treated of may not ...
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... 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 at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds are abundant in ...
... 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 at anchor . Wading and aquatic birds are abundant in ...
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... 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 is perfectly level . The square , the open spaces , and many of the ...
... 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 is perfectly level . The square , the open spaces , and many of the ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... bellow like a bull . They sometimes kill calves and young horses , and I was told of one that had seized a full - grown horse , but its struggles being observed , some natives ran down and saved THE JAGUAR • Frontispiece ALLIGATORS PAGE.
... bellow like a bull . They sometimes kill calves and young horses , and I was told of one that had seized a full - grown horse , but its struggles being observed , some natives ran down and saved THE JAGUAR • Frontispiece ALLIGATORS PAGE.
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