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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... river - Palms and wild canes- Plantations - The Colorado river - Proposed improvement of the river - Progress of the Delta - Mosquitoes - Disagreeable night - Fine morning - Vegetation of the banks - Seripiqui river - Mot - mots ...
... river - Palms and wild canes- Plantations - The Colorado river - Proposed improvement of the river - Progress of the Delta - Mosquitoes - Disagreeable night - Fine morning - Vegetation of the banks - Seripiqui river - Mot - mots ...
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... river steamboats CHAPTER IV . The lake of Nicaragua - Ometépec - Becalmed on the lake - White egrets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the plains - Vegeta- tion of the plains - Armadillo - Savannahs - Jicara trees- Jicara bowls - Origin ...
... river steamboats CHAPTER IV . The lake of Nicaragua - Ometépec - Becalmed on the lake - White egrets - Reach San Ubaldo - Ride across the plains - Vegeta- tion of the plains - Armadillo - Savannahs - Jicara trees- Jicara bowls - Origin ...
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... river - beds - Monkeys and wasps - Reach Juigalpa - Ride in neighbourhood - Abundance of small birds -A poor cripple - The " Toledo " -Trogons - Waterfall- Sepulchral mounds - Broken statues - The sign of the cross- Contrast between the ...
... river - beds - Monkeys and wasps - Reach Juigalpa - Ride in neighbourhood - Abundance of small birds -A poor cripple - The " Toledo " -Trogons - Waterfall- Sepulchral mounds - Broken statues - The sign of the cross- Contrast between the ...
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... rivers- Caribs barter guns and iron pots for dogs -- The hairless dogs of tropical America - Difference between artificial and natural selection - The cause of sterility between allied species consi- dered - The disadvantages of a ...
... rivers- Caribs barter guns and iron pots for dogs -- The hairless dogs of tropical America - Difference between artificial and natural selection - The cause of sterility between allied species consi- dered - The disadvantages of a ...
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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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