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 ix
... the Delta—Mosquitoes—Disagreeable Night —Fine Morning—Vegetation of
the Banks—Seripiqui River— Mot-mots— Foraging Ants: their method of Hunting
—AntThrushes—They attack the Nests of other Ants—Birds' Nests, how
preserved ...
... the Delta—Mosquitoes—Disagreeable Night —Fine Morning—Vegetation of
the Banks—Seripiqui River— Mot-mots— Foraging Ants: their method of Hunting
—AntThrushes—They attack the Nests of other Ants—Birds' Nests, how
preserved ...
Page xi
... the present Inhabitants—Night Life * CHAPTER X. Juigalpa–A Nicaraguan
Family—Description of the Road from Juigalpa to Santo Domingo—Comparative
scarcity of Insects in Nicaragua in 1872—Water-bearing Plants—Insect-traps—
The ...
... the present Inhabitants—Night Life * CHAPTER X. Juigalpa–A Nicaraguan
Family—Description of the Road from Juigalpa to Santo Domingo—Comparative
scarcity of Insects in Nicaragua in 1872—Water-bearing Plants—Insect-traps—
The ...
Page 11
CHAPTER II. Commence Journey up San Juan River—Palms and Wild Canes—
Plantations—The Colorado River—Proposed Improvement of the River—
Progress of the Delta—Mosquitoes—Disagreeable Night —Fine Morning—
Vegetation ...
CHAPTER II. Commence Journey up San Juan River—Palms and Wild Canes—
Plantations—The Colorado River—Proposed Improvement of the River—
Progress of the Delta—Mosquitoes—Disagreeable Night —Fine Morning—
Vegetation ...
Page 15
Altogether, with the streaming wet and the mosquitoes, it was one of the most
uncomfortable nights I have ever passed. - - - The waning moon was sufficiently
high at four o'clock to allow us to bring the long dreary night to an end, and to ...
Altogether, with the streaming wet and the mosquitoes, it was one of the most
uncomfortable nights I have ever passed. - - - The waning moon was sufficiently
high at four o'clock to allow us to bring the long dreary night to an end, and to ...
Page 31
The bungo is poled along by twelve bungo-men, who have usually only one suit
of clothes, which they do not wear during the day but keep stowed away under
the cargo that they may be dry to put on at night; their bronzed, glistening, naked
...
The bungo is poled along by twelve bungo-men, who have usually only one suit
of clothes, which they do not wear during the day but keep stowed away under
the cargo that they may be dry to put on at night; their bronzed, glistening, naked
...
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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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