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 v
... country of the nomad Kirghizes and the far Altai mountains on the borders of
Thibet; and when readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face
homewards again, and for weeks be speeding across the frozen Siberian
steppes, ...
... country of the nomad Kirghizes and the far Altai mountains on the borders of
Thibet; and when readers receive my work I shall probably have turned my face
homewards again, and for weeks be speeding across the frozen Siberian
steppes, ...
Page 9
There was no doubt, however, about the movement of the eye-covers, and I went
back a short distance to look for a stick to throw at him; but when I turned again,
he was just disappearing into the water. It is the habit of these animals to lie quite
...
There was no doubt, however, about the movement of the eye-covers, and I went
back a short distance to look for a stick to throw at him; but when I turned again,
he was just disappearing into the water. It is the habit of these animals to lie quite
...
Page 23
EYES OF THE ECITONS. 23 many other birds build in holes of trees or in the
ground, and these, with their heads ever turned to the only entrance, are in the
best possible position to pick off the Solitary parties when they first approach, and
thus ...
EYES OF THE ECITONS. 23 many other birds build in holes of trees or in the
ground, and these, with their heads ever turned to the only entrance, are in the
best possible position to pick off the Solitary parties when they first approach, and
thus ...
Page 87
87 nearly vertically, excepting that they are very irregular in thickness, and often
branch and send thin offshoots into the enclosing rocks; they resemble coal
seams that have been turned up on edge, so as to be vertical instead of
horizontal.
87 nearly vertically, excepting that they are very irregular in thickness, and often
branch and send thin offshoots into the enclosing rocks; they resemble coal
seams that have been turned up on edge, so as to be vertical instead of
horizontal.
Page 116
concealed itself amongst some leaves; but the ant soon discovered it, paralysed
it with a sting, and was running away with it, turned in, back downwards, beneath
itself, when I secured the hunter for my collection. All these ants that hunt singly ...
concealed itself amongst some leaves; but the ant soon discovered it, paralysed
it with a sting, and was running away with it, turned in, back downwards, beneath
itself, when I secured the hunter for my collection. All these ants that hunt singly ...
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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 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 okt. 2017 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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