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 v
... on my way across the continent to the Urals, and beyond, to the country of the
nomad Kirghizes and the far Altai mountains on the borders of Thibet; and when
readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again,
...
... on my way across the continent to the Urals, and beyond, to the country of the
nomad Kirghizes and the far Altai mountains on the borders of Thibet; and when
readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face homewards again,
...
Page x
... Domingo—Physical Geography—The Inhabitants—Mixed Races—Negroes
and Indians compared— Women—Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining
Company —My House and Garden—Fruits—Plantains and Bananas: probably
not ...
... Domingo—Physical Geography—The Inhabitants—Mixed Races—Negroes
and Indians compared— Women—Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining
Company —My House and Garden—Fruits—Plantains and Bananas: probably
not ...
Page 7
The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey, and
, probably in consequence, it is not nearly so bold as the obscurelycoloured
females. When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed, such as a road,
two ...
The bright colours of the male must make it very conspicuous to birds of prey, and
, probably in consequence, it is not nearly so bold as the obscurelycoloured
females. When a clear space in the brushwood is to be crossed, such as a road,
two ...
Page 10
Probably it is an invention to account for the animals lying with their mouths open;
as in all half-civilised countries. I have visited I have found that the natives
seldom admit they do not know the reason of anything, but will invent an
explanation ...
Probably it is an invention to account for the animals lying with their mouths open;
as in all half-civilised countries. I have visited I have found that the natives
seldom admit they do not know the reason of anything, but will invent an
explanation ...
Page 21
... leaf-hoppers, or scale-insects that it found unattended by other ants. On the
approach of another, though of a much smaller species, it would immediately run
away. Probably this cowardly and unantly disposition has caused it to become
the ...
... leaf-hoppers, or scale-insects that it found unattended by other ants. On the
approach of another, though of a much smaller species, it would immediately run
away. Probably this cowardly and unantly disposition has caused it to become
the ...
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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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