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 3
On our right was a Sandy beach, on our left great beds of grass growing out of
the shoal water—weedy banks filling up the Once spacious harbour, and cattle
wading amongst the long grass, where within the last twenty years a frigate has
lain ...
On our right was a Sandy beach, on our left great beds of grass growing out of
the shoal water—weedy banks filling up the Once spacious harbour, and cattle
wading amongst the long grass, where within the last twenty years a frigate has
lain ...
Page 11
... the rocks of the rapids. I was once in one, coming down a dangerous rapid on
the river Gurupy, in Northern Brazil, when we were driven with the full force of the
boiling stream broadside upon a rock, with such force that we were nearly all.
... the rocks of the rapids. I was once in one, coming down a dangerous rapid on
the river Gurupy, in Northern Brazil, when we were driven with the full force of the
boiling stream broadside upon a rock, with such force that we were nearly all.
Page 19
I once saw one of the false spiders, or harvest-men (Phalangidae), standing in
the midst of an army of ants, and with the ... Sometimes as many as five out of its
eight legs would be lifted at once, and whenever an ant approached one of those
...
I once saw one of the false spiders, or harvest-men (Phalangidae), standing in
the midst of an army of ants, and with the ... Sometimes as many as five out of its
eight legs would be lifted at once, and whenever an ant approached one of those
...
Page 27
Perhaps if we could learn their wonderful language we should find that even in
their mental condition they also rank next to humanity. & - I shall relate two more
instances of the use of a reasoning faculty in these ants. I once saw a wide
column ...
Perhaps if we could learn their wonderful language we should find that even in
their mental condition they also rank next to humanity. & - I shall relate two more
instances of the use of a reasoning faculty in these ants. I once saw a wide
column ...
Page 36
On a hill behind the town, and commanding the entrance to the river, are the
ruins of a once strong fort built by the Spaniards, the crumbling walls now green
with the delicate fronds of a maidenhair fern (Adiantum). The little town consists
of a ...
On a hill behind the town, and commanding the entrance to the river, are the
ruins of a once strong fort built by the Spaniards, the crumbling walls now green
with the delicate fronds of a maidenhair fern (Adiantum). The little town consists
of a ...
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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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