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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It is full of theories—I trust not unsupported by facts: some thought out on the
plains of Southern Australia; some during many a solitary sleigh drive over frozen
lakes in North America; some.
It is full of theories—I trust not unsupported by facts: some thought out on the
plains of Southern Australia; some during many a solitary sleigh drive over frozen
lakes in North America; some.
Page x
Becalmed on the Lake—White Cygnets—Reach San Ubaldo—Ride across the
Plains—Vegetation of the Plains—Armadillo Savannahs—Jicara Trees—Jicara
Bowls — Origin of Gourd-shaped Pottery—Coyotes-—Mule-breeding —Reach ...
Becalmed on the Lake—White Cygnets—Reach San Ubaldo—Ride across the
Plains—Vegetation of the Plains—Armadillo Savannahs—Jicara Trees—Jicara
Bowls — Origin of Gourd-shaped Pottery—Coyotes-—Mule-breeding —Reach ...
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Becalmed on the Lake—White Cygnets—Reach San Ubaldo—Ride across the
Plains—Vegetation of the Plains—Armadillo Savannahs—Jicara Trees—Jicara,
Bowls—Origin of Gourd-shaped Pottery—Coyotes—Mule-breeding—Reach ...
Becalmed on the Lake—White Cygnets—Reach San Ubaldo—Ride across the
Plains—Vegetation of the Plains—Armadillo Savannahs—Jicara Trees—Jicara,
Bowls—Origin of Gourd-shaped Pottery—Coyotes—Mule-breeding—Reach ...
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We crossed some rocky low hills, with scanty vegetation, and, after passing the
cattle hacienda of San José, reached the plains of the same name, about two
leagues in width, now dry and dusty, but in the wet season forming a great slough
of ...
We crossed some rocky low hills, with scanty vegetation, and, after passing the
cattle hacienda of San José, reached the plains of the same name, about two
leagues in width, now dry and dusty, but in the wet season forming a great slough
of ...
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We had a long chase after one, which we observed some distance from the rock,
over the cracked and dried-up plain : though ... After crossing the plains we rode
over undulating hills, here called savannahs, with patches of forest on the rising ...
We had a long chase after one, which we observed some distance from the rock,
over the cracked and dried-up plain : though ... After crossing the plains we rode
over undulating hills, here called savannahs, with patches of forest on the rising ...
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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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