The Naturalist in NicaraguaUniversity of Chicago Press, 1985 - 403 pages "The best of all natural history journals which have ever been published."—Charles Darwin, 1874. Beautifully illustrated and a pleasure to read, this classic book describes the geography, geology, ecology, flora, fauna, and native inhabitants of Nicaragua in the nineteenth century. Many of Belt's detailed and accurate observations were not confirmed until decades later—for example, the fact that certain plants have "standing armies" of ants that defend them. |
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... Indians - Indian captive children - Expedi- tions up the Rio Frio - American river steamboats CHAPTER IV . The lake of Nicaragua - Ometépec - Becalmed on the lake - White egrets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the plains - Vegeta- tion ...
... Indians - Indian captive children - Expedi- tions up the Rio Frio - American river steamboats CHAPTER IV . The lake of Nicaragua - Ometépec - Becalmed on the lake - White egrets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the plains - Vegeta- tion ...
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... Indians — The wine - palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans - Pine and oak forests -Mountain gorge - Jinotega - Native plough - Descendants of the buccaneers - San Rafael - A mountain hut . . . 231 CHAPTER XIV . Great range composed of ...
... Indians — The wine - palm - Idleness of the Nicaraguans - Pine and oak forests -Mountain gorge - Jinotega - Native plough - Descendants of the buccaneers - San Rafael - A mountain hut . . . 231 CHAPTER XIV . Great range composed of ...
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... Indian islands— The Malay archipelago - Easter Island - Atlantis - Traditions of the deluge PAGE . 247 CHAPTER XV . A ... Indians - Ancient civilisation of tropical America - Palacaguina - Hospitality of the Mestizos - Curious custom at ...
... Indian islands— The Malay archipelago - Easter Island - Atlantis - Traditions of the deluge PAGE . 247 CHAPTER XV . A ... Indians - Ancient civilisation of tropical America - Palacaguina - Hospitality of the Mestizos - Curious custom at ...
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... Indian population of the country lying between the great lakes of Nicaragua and the Pacific - Discovery and conquest of Nica- ragua by the Spaniards - Cruelties of the Spaniards - The Indians of Western Central America all belonged to ...
... Indian population of the country lying between the great lakes of Nicaragua and the Pacific - Discovery and conquest of Nica- ragua by the Spaniards - Cruelties of the Spaniards - The Indians of Western Central America all belonged to ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 11 |
CHAPTER III | 30 |
CHAPTER IV | 43 |
CHAPTER V | 61 |
CHAPTER VI | 85 |
CHAPTER VII | 103 |
CHAPTER VIII | 126 |
CHAPTER XII | 212 |
CHAPTER XIII | 231 |
CHAPTER XIV | 247 |
CHAPTER XV | 275 |
CHAPTER XVI | 292 |
CHAPTER XVII | 308 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 327 |
CHAPTER XX | 358 |
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