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
Configuration of the Ground at Santo Domingo—Excavation of Walleys —
Geology of the District—Decomposition of the Rocks—Goldmining—Auriferous
Quartz Weins–Mode of occurrence of the Gold—Lodes richer next the surface
than at ...
Configuration of the Ground at Santo Domingo—Excavation of Walleys —
Geology of the District—Decomposition of the Rocks—Goldmining—Auriferous
Quartz Weins–Mode of occurrence of the Gold—Lodes richer next the surface
than at ...
Page xi
Start on journey to Segovia—Rocky Mountain Road— A Poor Lodging —The
Rock of Cuapo–The use of large beaks in Some Birds— . I 03 . 126 . 150 . 176
PAGE Comoapa–A Native Doctor—Vultures—Flight of Birds that Soar —Natives
live.
Start on journey to Segovia—Rocky Mountain Road— A Poor Lodging —The
Rock of Cuapo–The use of large beaks in Some Birds— . I 03 . 126 . 150 . 176
PAGE Comoapa–A Native Doctor—Vultures—Flight of Birds that Soar —Natives
live.
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Olama—The “Sanate”—Muymuy—Idleness of the People—Mountain Road—The
“Bull Rock ''—The Bull's-horn Thorn—Ants kept as Standing Armies by some
Plants—Use of Honey-secreting Glands—Plant-lice, Scale-insects, and ...
Olama—The “Sanate”—Muymuy—Idleness of the People—Mountain Road—The
“Bull Rock ''—The Bull's-horn Thorn—Ants kept as Standing Armies by some
Plants—Use of Honey-secreting Glands—Plant-lice, Scale-insects, and ...
Page 11
... and thickness being where it is most required, at the bottom, to withstand the
thumping about amongst the rocks of the ... in Northern Brazil, when we were
driven with the full force of the boiling stream broadside upon a rock, with such
force ...
... and thickness being where it is most required, at the bottom, to withstand the
thumping about amongst the rocks of the ... in Northern Brazil, when we were
driven with the full force of the boiling stream broadside upon a rock, with such
force ...
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a rock, with such force that we were nearly all thrown down, but the strong canoe
was uninjured, although no common boat could have stood the shock without
being staved in. Having determined to go up the river in this boat, we took ...
a rock, with such force that we were nearly all thrown down, but the strong canoe
was uninjured, although no common boat could have stood the shock without
being staved in. Having determined to go up the river in this boat, we took ...
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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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