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 9
They sometimes kill calves and young horses, and I was told of one that had
seized a full-grown horse, but its struggles being observed, some natives ran
down and saved it THE JAGUAR e to to to & & Frontispiece ALLIGATORS to
PAGE.
They sometimes kill calves and young horses, and I was told of one that had
seized a full-grown horse, but its struggles being observed, some natives ran
down and saved it THE JAGUAR e to to to & & Frontispiece ALLIGATORS to
PAGE.
Page 10
This was told me by the head of the excellent Moravian Mission, at Blew. fields,
who was a witness of the occurrence. He said that one Sunday, after service at
their chapel at Blewfields, Several of the youths went to bathe in the river, which ...
This was told me by the head of the excellent Moravian Mission, at Blew. fields,
who was a witness of the occurrence. He said that one Sunday, after service at
their chapel at Blewfields, Several of the youths went to bathe in the river, which ...
Page 34
I was told that the tree recovers from the wounds and may be cut again after the
lapse of a few months; but several that I saw were killed through the large
Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) laying its eggs in the cuts, and the
grubs that ...
I was told that the tree recovers from the wounds and may be cut again after the
lapse of a few months; but several that I saw were killed through the large
Harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) laying its eggs in the cuts, and the
grubs that ...
Page 35
He told me that there was a hot spring up the Savallo, but I had not time to go and
see it. Above Savallo the San Juan is deep and sluggish, the banks low and
swampy. The large palm, so common in the delta of the river, here reappeared
with ...
He told me that there was a hot spring up the Savallo, but I had not time to go and
see it. Above Savallo the San Juan is deep and sluggish, the banks low and
swampy. The large palm, so common in the delta of the river, here reappeared
with ...
Page 37
Most fabulous stories have been told about the Rio Frio and its inhabitants;
stories of great cities, golden ornaments, and light-haired people; it may be useful
, therefore, to relate what is known about it. The Rio Frio comes down from the
interior ...
Most fabulous stories have been told about the Rio Frio and its inhabitants;
stories of great cities, golden ornaments, and light-haired people; it may be useful
, therefore, to relate what is known about it. The Rio Frio comes down from the
interior ...
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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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