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Introduction xix about by natural selection — the less perfect the mimicry the
more liable are the individuals to be attacked , and the less chance have they of
reproducing their kind . This imitation was first accounted for by Mr . Bates in the
case ...
Introduction xix about by natural selection — the less perfect the mimicry the
more liable are the individuals to be attacked , and the less chance have they of
reproducing their kind . This imitation was first accounted for by Mr . Bates in the
case ...
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Thus , in the orange tribe , the lime ( Citrus lemonum ) is less liked than the other
species ; it is the only one that I ever found growing really wild in Central America
: and I have sometimes thought that even in the short time since the lime was ...
Thus , in the orange tribe , the lime ( Citrus lemonum ) is less liked than the other
species ; it is the only one that I ever found growing really wild in Central America
: and I have sometimes thought that even in the short time since the lime was ...
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... far inferior to those of their ancestors ; but they have lost their tribal instincts ,
they do not support each other ; they acknowledge no chiefs ; each one is
absorbed in his own affairs , and they are only a little less slothful than the half -
breeds .
... far inferior to those of their ancestors ; but they have lost their tribal instincts ,
they do not support each other ; they acknowledge no chiefs ; each one is
absorbed in his own affairs , and they are only a little less slothful than the half -
breeds .
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Science Everyman's library. Travel and topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Contributor | Thomas Belt |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 7 jaan. 2010 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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