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 v
... on my way across the continent to the Urals, and beyond, to the country of the
nomad Kirghizes and the far Altai mountains on the borders of Thibet; and when
readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again,
...
... on my way across the continent to the Urals, and beyond, to the country of the
nomad Kirghizes and the far Altai mountains on the borders of Thibet; and when
readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again,
...
Page xi
Start on journey to Segovia—Rocky Mountain Road— A Poor Lodging —The
Rock of Cuapo–The use of large beaks in Some Birds— . I 03 . 126 . 150 . 176
PAGE Comoapa–A Native Doctor—Vultures—Flight of Birds that Soar —Natives
live.
Start on journey to Segovia—Rocky Mountain Road— A Poor Lodging —The
Rock of Cuapo–The use of large beaks in Some Birds— . I 03 . 126 . 150 . 176
PAGE Comoapa–A Native Doctor—Vultures—Flight of Birds that Soar —Natives
live.
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Olama—The “Sanate”—Muymuy—Idleness of the People—Mountain Road—The
“Bull Rock ''—The Bull's-horn Thorn—Ants kept as Standing Armies by some
Plants—Use of Honey-secreting Glands—Plant-lice, Scale-insects, and ...
Olama—The “Sanate”—Muymuy—Idleness of the People—Mountain Road—The
“Bull Rock ''—The Bull's-horn Thorn—Ants kept as Standing Armies by some
Plants—Use of Honey-secreting Glands—Plant-lice, Scale-insects, and ...
Page 15
The Seripiqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point, and
then commences a rough mountain muletrack to San José, the capital of Costa
Rica. We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river. At eight we ...
The Seripiqui is navigable by canoes for about twenty miles from this point, and
then commences a rough mountain muletrack to San José, the capital of Costa
Rica. We paddled on all the afternoon with little change in the river. At eight we ...
Page 43
To the left, in the dim distance, were the cloudcapped mountains of Costa Rica; to
the right, nearer at hand, low hills and ranges covered with dark forests. The lake
is too large to be called beautiful, and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of ...
To the left, in the dim distance, were the cloudcapped mountains of Costa Rica; to
the right, nearer at hand, low hills and ranges covered with dark forests. The lake
is too large to be called beautiful, and its vast extent and the mere glimpses of ...
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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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