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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... range- Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks- Pital Cultivation of maize - Its use from the earliest times in America - Separation of the maize - eating from the mandioca- eating indigenes of America - Tortillas ...
... range- Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks- Pital Cultivation of maize - Its use from the earliest times in America - Separation of the maize - eating from the mandioca- eating indigenes of America - Tortillas ...
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... range composed of boulder clay - Daraily - Lost on the savannahs — Jamailý — A deer - hunter's family - Totagalpa— Walls covered with cement and whitewashed - Ocotal - The valley of Depilto - Silver mine - Geology of the valley ...
... range composed of boulder clay - Daraily - Lost on the savannahs — Jamailý — A deer - hunter's family - Totagalpa— Walls covered with cement and whitewashed - Ocotal - The valley of Depilto - Silver mine - Geology of the valley ...
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... range between Segovia and Matagalpa - Sontuli - Birds ' nests . 275 CHAPTER XVI , Concordia - Jinotega - Indian habits retained by the people- Indian names of towns - Security of travellers in Nicaragua -Native flour - mill ...
... range between Segovia and Matagalpa - Sontuli - Birds ' nests . 275 CHAPTER XVI , Concordia - Jinotega - Indian habits retained by the people- Indian names of towns - Security of travellers in Nicaragua -Native flour - mill ...
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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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