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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When we reached the bar we were dexterously taken over it—the Caribs waited
just outside until a higher wave than usual came rolling in, then paddling with all
their might we were carried over on its crest, and found ourselves in the smooth ...
When we reached the bar we were dexterously taken over it—the Caribs waited
just outside until a higher wave than usual came rolling in, then paddling with all
their might we were carried over on its crest, and found ourselves in the smooth ...
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The numerous half-filled-up channels and long lagoons throughout the delta
show the various courses the river has at different times taken. - Our boatmen
paddled on until nine o'clock, when we anchored in the middle of the stream,
which ...
The numerous half-filled-up channels and long lagoons throughout the delta
show the various courses the river has at different times taken. - Our boatmen
paddled on until nine o'clock, when we anchored in the middle of the stream,
which ...
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They were evidently scenting the trail of the pioneer, and making it permanently
recognisable. These ants followed the exact line taken by the first one, although it
was far out of sight. Wherever it had made a slight detour they did so likewise.
They were evidently scenting the trail of the pioneer, and making it permanently
recognisable. These ants followed the exact line taken by the first one, although it
was far out of sight. Wherever it had made a slight detour they did so likewise.
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“But in Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they do all know that if
care is taken to keep the public stores full, no private man can want anything; for
among them there is no unequal distribution, so that no man is poor, nor in any ...
“But in Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they do all know that if
care is taken to keep the public stores full, no private man can want anything; for
among them there is no unequal distribution, so that no man is poor, nor in any ...
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tillo, which are difficult to ascend, and as there is no road round them excepting
through the town of Castillo, advantage has been taken of the situation to fix the
custom house here, at which are collected the duties on all articles going up to
the ...
tillo, which are difficult to ascend, and as there is no road round them excepting
through the town of Castillo, advantage has been taken of the situation to fix the
custom house here, at which are collected the duties on all articles going up to
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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