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Page 24
The next that approached , as soon as it discovered the situation of the prisoner ,
ran backwards in an agitated manner , and communicated the intelligence to the
others . They rushed to the rescue , some bit at the stone and tried to move it ...
The next that approached , as soon as it discovered the situation of the prisoner ,
ran backwards in an agitated manner , and communicated the intelligence to the
others . They rushed to the rescue , some bit at the stone and tried to move it ...
Page 105
The wasp seized the caterpillar immediately , and commenced biting it from head
to tail , soon reducing the soft body to a mass of pulp . Then rolling up about
onehalf of the pulp into a ball , it carried it off . Being at the time amidst a thick
mass ...
The wasp seized the caterpillar immediately , and commenced biting it from head
to tail , soon reducing the soft body to a mass of pulp . Then rolling up about
onehalf of the pulp into a ball , it carried it off . Being at the time amidst a thick
mass ...
Page 246
Thomas Belt. uneatable so soon as I made his acquaintance and saw the happy
sense of security with which he hopped about . I took a few specimens home with
me , and tried my fowls and ducks with them , but none would touch them .
Thomas Belt. uneatable so soon as I made his acquaintance and saw the happy
sense of security with which he hopped about . I took a few specimens home with
me , and tried my fowls and ducks with them , but none would touch them .
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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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