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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... Names to the Rivers—Caribs barter Guns and Iron-pots for Dogs—The
Hairless Dogs of Tropical America— Difference between Artificial and Natural
Selection—The cause of Sterility between Allied Species considered—The
disadvantages ...
... Names to the Rivers—Caribs barter Guns and Iron-pots for Dogs—The
Hairless Dogs of Tropical America— Difference between Artificial and Natural
Selection—The cause of Sterility between Allied Species considered—The
disadvantages ...
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PAGE A Nicaraguan Criminal—Geology between Ocotal and Totagalpa-
Preparations at Totagalpa for their Annual Festival—Chica-drinking —Piety of the
Indians—Ancient Civilization of Tropical America —Palacaguina —Hospitality of
the ...
PAGE A Nicaraguan Criminal—Geology between Ocotal and Totagalpa-
Preparations at Totagalpa for their Annual Festival—Chica-drinking —Piety of the
Indians—Ancient Civilization of Tropical America —Palacaguina —Hospitality of
the ...
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Greytown, though only a small place, is one of the neatest tropical towns that I
have visited. The houses, especially in the business portion of the town, are
wellbuilt of wood, and painted white with brown roofs. Pretty flower gardens
surround or ...
Greytown, though only a small place, is one of the neatest tropical towns that I
have visited. The houses, especially in the business portion of the town, are
wellbuilt of wood, and painted white with brown roofs. Pretty flower gardens
surround or ...
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Notwithstanding, however, its apparent disadvantages, and that for nine months
of the year it is subject to heavy tropical rains, it is comparatively healthy, and
freer from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated. Much is
...
Notwithstanding, however, its apparent disadvantages, and that for nine months
of the year it is subject to heavy tropical rains, it is comparatively healthy, and
freer from fever than many places that appear at first sight better situated. Much is
...
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... many beautiful and curious insects. Amongst the numerous butterflies, large
blue Morphos and narrow, weak-winged Heliconidae, stripod and spotted with
yellow, red, and black, were the most conspicuous and most characteristic of
tropical ...
... many beautiful and curious insects. Amongst the numerous butterflies, large
blue Morphos and narrow, weak-winged Heliconidae, stripod and spotted with
yellow, red, and black, were the most conspicuous and most characteristic of
tropical ...
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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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