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
We saw the fin of one, rising above the surface of the water as it swam lazily
about; and the sailors of the mail steamers when lying off the port often amuse
themselves by catching them with large hooks baited with pieces of meat. It is
probable ...
We saw the fin of one, rising above the surface of the water as it swam lazily
about; and the sailors of the mail steamers when lying off the port often amuse
themselves by catching them with large hooks baited with pieces of meat. It is
probable ...
Page 44
... the canoe dashed through the rising waves; our drooping spirits revived, and
there was an opening out of provisions, and life again in the dead. The breeze
continued all the afternoon, and at dark we were off the islands of Nancital,
having ...
... the canoe dashed through the rising waves; our drooping spirits revived, and
there was an opening out of provisions, and life again in the dead. The breeze
continued all the afternoon, and at dark we were off the islands of Nancital,
having ...
Page 46
After crossing the plains we rode over undulating hills, here called savannahs,
with patches of forest on the rising ground, and small plains on which grows the
ternate-leaved jicara (pronounced hickory), a tree about as large as an apple-
tree, ...
After crossing the plains we rode over undulating hills, here called savannahs,
with patches of forest on the rising ground, and small plains on which grows the
ternate-leaved jicara (pronounced hickory), a tree about as large as an apple-
tree, ...
Page 52
The village of IEsquipula is built near the river Mico, which, rising in the forest-
clad ranges to the eastward, runs for several miles through the Savannahs, then
again enters the forest and flows into the Atlantic at Blewfields, a broad and deep
...
The village of IEsquipula is built near the river Mico, which, rising in the forest-
clad ranges to the eastward, runs for several miles through the Savannahs, then
again enters the forest and flows into the Atlantic at Blewfields, a broad and deep
...
Page 59
... rising a hundred feet without a branch, and carrying their domes of foliage
directly up to where the balmy breezes blow and the sun's rays quicken. Lianas
hurry up to the light and sunshine, and innumerable epiphytes perch themselves
high ...
... rising a hundred feet without a branch, and carrying their domes of foliage
directly up to where the balmy breezes blow and the sun's rays quicken. Lianas
hurry up to the light and sunshine, and innumerable epiphytes perch themselves
high ...
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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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