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 10
... beneath the water, but crawls on land with it after he has drowned it. They are
said to catch wild pigs in the forest near the river by half burying themselves in
the ground. The pigs come rooting amongst the soil, the alligator never moves
until ...
... beneath the water, but crawls on land with it after he has drowned it. They are
said to catch wild pigs in the forest near the river by half burying themselves in
the ground. The pigs come rooting amongst the soil, the alligator never moves
until ...
Page 21
Whenever they come across a Hypoclinea carrying a larva or pupa, they take it
from it so quickly, that I could never ascertain exactly how it was done. * As soon
as an Eciton gets hold of its prey, it rushes off back along the advancing column,
...
Whenever they come across a Hypoclinea carrying a larva or pupa, they take it
from it so quickly, that I could never ascertain exactly how it was done. * As soon
as an Eciton gets hold of its prey, it rushes off back along the advancing column,
...
Page 22
At any rate, I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of any other species. - The
moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different
sizes, but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter coloured ...
At any rate, I never saw the Ecitons attack the nest of any other species. - The
moving columns of Ecitons are composed almost entirely of workers of different
sizes, but at intervals of two or three yards there are larger and lighter coloured ...
Page 37
37 houses are mostly palm-thatched huts, with the bare earth floors seldom or
never swept. The people are of mixed origin, Indian, Spanish, and Negro, the
Indian element predominating. Two or three better built stores, and the quarters
of the ...
37 houses are mostly palm-thatched huts, with the bare earth floors seldom or
never swept. The people are of mixed origin, Indian, Spanish, and Negro, the
Indian element predominating. Two or three better built stores, and the quarters
of the ...
Page 64
The Indian seldom or never molests the whites, excepting in retaliation for some
great injury; whilst amongst the free Negroes, robbery, violence, and murder
need no other incentives than their own evil passions and lust. The women at
Santo ...
The Indian seldom or never molests the whites, excepting in retaliation for some
great injury; whilst amongst the free Negroes, robbery, violence, and murder
need no other incentives than their own evil passions and lust. The women at
Santo ...
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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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