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CHAPTER VIII Description of San Antonio valley - Great variety of animal
lifePitcher - flowered Marcgravias Flowers fertilised by hummingbirds — By
insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying
the pollen ...
CHAPTER VIII Description of San Antonio valley - Great variety of animal
lifePitcher - flowered Marcgravias Flowers fertilised by hummingbirds — By
insects - Provision in some flowers to prevent insects , not adapted for carrying
the pollen ...
Page 188
A patch of the forest in front of the house , sloping down the side of a steep valley
, had been cleared , and planted with maize and wheat . We were told that there
were a few other houses down this valley . The people in the hut seemed ...
A patch of the forest in front of the house , sloping down the side of a steep valley
, had been cleared , and planted with maize and wheat . We were told that there
were a few other houses down this valley . The people in the hut seemed ...
Page 191
... The valley of DepiltoHawks and small birds - Depilto — Silver mine - Geology
of the valley - Glacial drift — The glacial ... central AmericaEvidence that the ice
extended to the tropics - Scarcity of gold in the valley gravels — Difference of the
...
... The valley of DepiltoHawks and small birds - Depilto — Silver mine - Geology
of the valley - Glacial drift — The glacial ... central AmericaEvidence that the ice
extended to the tropics - Scarcity of gold in the valley gravels — Difference of the
...
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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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