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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... varied less than those of the Land and of the Sea & * g . 327 CHAPTER, XIX.
Iguanas and Lizards—Granada—Politics—Revolutions—Cacao Cultivation—
Masaya—The Lake of Masaya—The Wolcano of Masaya —Origin of the Lake
Basin .
... varied less than those of the Land and of the Sea & * g . 327 CHAPTER, XIX.
Iguanas and Lizards—Granada—Politics—Revolutions—Cacao Cultivation—
Masaya—The Lake of Masaya—The Wolcano of Masaya —Origin of the Lake
Basin .
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
The merchants at Greytown have entertained the project of dredging out the
channel again, but now that the river has found a nearer way to the sea by the
Colorado this would be a herculean task, and it would cost much less money to
move ...
The merchants at Greytown have entertained the project of dredging out the
channel again, but now that the river has found a nearer way to the sea by the
Colorado this would be a herculean task, and it would cost much less money to
move ...
Page 28
This view is much strengthened by the fact that the cerebral ganglia in ants are
more developed than in any other insect, and that in all the Hymenoptera, at the
head of which they stand, “they are many times larger than in the less intelligent ...
This view is much strengthened by the fact that the cerebral ganglia in ants are
more developed than in any other insect, and that in all the Hymenoptera, at the
head of which they stand, “they are many times larger than in the less intelligent ...
Page 35
The mean level of the waters of the lake, according to the survey of Colonel O. W.
Childs, in 1851, is 107% feet, so that the river falls on an average a little less than
one foot per mile. The height of the lowest pass between the lake and the ...
The mean level of the waters of the lake, according to the survey of Colonel O. W.
Childs, in 1851, is 107% feet, so that the river falls on an average a little less than
one foot per mile. The height of the lowest pass between the lake and the ...
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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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