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Page 60
... found growing really wild in Central America : and I have sometimes thought
that even in the short time since the lime was first introduced , about three
hundred years ago , a wild variety may have arisen , less subject to the attacks of
the ants ...
... found growing really wild in Central America : and I have sometimes thought
that even in the short time since the lime was first introduced , about three
hundred years ago , a wild variety may have arisen , less subject to the attacks of
the ants ...
Page 89
The most noticeable of these beetles are the numerous longicorns , to the
collection of which I paid a great deal of attention , and brought home more than
three hundred species . More than one - half of these were new to science , and
have ...
The most noticeable of these beetles are the numerous longicorns , to the
collection of which I paid a great deal of attention , and brought home more than
three hundred species . More than one - half of these were new to science , and
have ...
Page 254
According to Mr. Lovell Reeve , who has specially studied this question , out of
many hundreds of land mollusks ... Out of five hundred and sixty species of Helix
inhabiting the Caucasian province , there are but twenty - four in Britain .
According to Mr. Lovell Reeve , who has specially studied this question , out of
many hundreds of land mollusks ... Out of five hundred and sixty species of Helix
inhabiting the Caucasian province , there are but twenty - four in Britain .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
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