The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 43
... Night had set in- it was quite dark , and I had lagged some distance behind my companions : fortunately they heard my shouts , and , soon returning , extricated me from my awkward predica- ment . Without further mishap we reached ...
... Night had set in- it was quite dark , and I had lagged some distance behind my companions : fortunately they heard my shouts , and , soon returning , extricated me from my awkward predica- ment . Without further mishap we reached ...
Page 137
... night many species of beetles , especially longicorns , are to be found running over the trunks , that lie closely hidden in the day - time . The night - world is very different from that of the day . Things that blink and hide from the ...
... night many species of beetles , especially longicorns , are to be found running over the trunks , that lie closely hidden in the day - time . The night - world is very different from that of the day . Things that blink and hide from the ...
Page 228
... night was setting in we sought for it , but the whole district . was so covered with low scrubby trees with many paths running in various directions that it was long before we found it . When at last we discovered it , the prospect ...
... night was setting in we sought for it , but the whole district . was so covered with low scrubby trees with many paths running in various directions that it was long before we found it . When at last we discovered it , the prospect ...
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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