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87-92 ; On the Formation and Preservation of Lakes by Ice Action , Geol . Soc .
Quart . Journ . , vol . 20 , 1864 , pp . 463-465 , Phil . Mag . , vol . 28 , 1864 , p . 323
, Nova Scotian Inst Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 3 , 1867 , p . 70 ; The Glacial Period in ...
87-92 ; On the Formation and Preservation of Lakes by Ice Action , Geol . Soc .
Quart . Journ . , vol . 20 , 1864 , pp . 463-465 , Phil . Mag . , vol . 28 , 1864 , p . 323
, Nova Scotian Inst Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 3 , 1867 , p . 70 ; The Glacial Period in ...
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I could no longer withstand the evidence that had been gradually accumulating of
the presence of large glaciers in Central America during the glacial period , and
these , once admitted , afforded me a solution of many phenomena that had ...
I could no longer withstand the evidence that had been gradually accumulating of
the presence of large glaciers in Central America during the glacial period , and
these , once admitted , afforded me a solution of many phenomena that had ...
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No zoologist of note believes that there has been a submergence of the land
lying between the Pacific and the Atlantic since the pliocene period , and
icebergs could not have floated without such submergence , so that , in the cases
I have ...
No zoologist of note believes that there has been a submergence of the land
lying between the Pacific and the Atlantic since the pliocene period , and
icebergs could not have floated without such submergence , so that , in the cases
I have ...
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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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