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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... less than those of the Land and of the Sea CHAPTER XIX . • 308 Iguanas and Lizards - Granada - Politics - Revolutions - Cacao Culti- vation - Masaya - The Lake of Masaya - The Volcano of Masaya -Origin of the Lake Basin • 327 338 ...
... less than those of the Land and of the Sea CHAPTER XIX . • 308 Iguanas and Lizards - Granada - Politics - Revolutions - Cacao Culti- vation - Masaya - The Lake of Masaya - The Volcano of Masaya -Origin of the Lake Basin • 327 338 ...
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... 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 I saw the film over its eye moving , otherwise it was quite still , and its ...
... 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 I saw the film over its eye moving , otherwise it was quite still , and its ...
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... and it would cost much less money to move the whole town to the Colorado , and then by dredging the bar there a fine harbour might easily be made , but unfortunately ༣ . the Colorado is in Costa Rica , the Greytown branch.
... and it would cost much less money to move the whole town to the Colorado , and then by dredging the bar there a fine harbour might easily be made , but unfortunately ༣ . the Colorado is in Costa Rica , the Greytown branch.
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... less intelligent orders , such as beetles . " * The Hymenoptera standing at the head of the Arti- culata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is curious to mark how in zoological history the ap- pearance and development ...
... less intelligent orders , such as beetles . " * The Hymenoptera standing at the head of the Arti- culata , and the Mammalia at the head of the Vertebrata , it is curious to mark how in zoological history the ap- pearance and development ...
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... less than one foot per mile . The height of the lowest pass between the lake and the Pacific is said to be twenty - six feet above the lake , therefore at that point the highest elevation between the two oceans is only about 133 feet ...
... less than one foot per mile . The height of the lowest pass between the lake and the Pacific is said to be twenty - six feet above the lake , therefore at that point the highest elevation between the two oceans is only about 133 feet ...
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