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 x
... Ubaldo—Ride across the Plains—Vegetation of the Plains—Armadillo
Savannahs—Jicara Trees—Jicara Bowls — Origin of Gourd-shaped Pottery—
Coyotes-—Mule-breeding —Reach Acoyapo–Festa—Cross High Range—
Esquipula—The ...
... Ubaldo—Ride across the Plains—Vegetation of the Plains—Armadillo
Savannahs—Jicara Trees—Jicara Bowls — Origin of Gourd-shaped Pottery—
Coyotes-—Mule-breeding —Reach Acoyapo–Festa—Cross High Range—
Esquipula—The ...
Page xiii
Concordia—Jinotega–Indian Habits retained by the People—Indian Names of
Towns—Security of Travellers in Nicaragua–Native Flour-milk—Uncomfortable
Lodgings—Tierrabona—Dust Whirlwind—Initial form of a Cyclone—The origin of
...
Concordia—Jinotega–Indian Habits retained by the People—Indian Names of
Towns—Security of Travellers in Nicaragua–Native Flour-milk—Uncomfortable
Lodgings—Tierrabona—Dust Whirlwind—Initial form of a Cyclone—The origin of
...
Page 8
These deceptive resemblances are supposed, by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection, to have been brought about by varieties of one
species, that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection,
being ...
These deceptive resemblances are supposed, by the advocates of the origin of
species by natural selection, to have been brought about by varieties of one
species, that somewhat resembled another having special means of protection,
being ...
Page 37
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 military
governor, redeem the place from an appearance of utter squalor. Behind the
town ...
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 military
governor, redeem the place from an appearance of utter squalor. Behind the
town ...
Page 38
It is very common to find the Indian tribes of America called after different wild
animals, and my own opinion is that the origin of the fable about the red hair was
a theory to explain why they were called Guatuses; for the natives of Nicaragua, ...
It is very common to find the Indian tribes of America called after different wild
animals, and my own opinion is that the origin of the fable about the red hair was
a theory to explain why they were called Guatuses; for the natives of Nicaragua, ...
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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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