The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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... called the Colorado river , and lower down parts with more of its waters by side channels . Twenty years ago the main body of water ran past Greytown ; there was then a magnificent port , and large ships sailed up to the town , but for ...
... called the Colorado river , and lower down parts with more of its waters by side channels . Twenty years ago the main body of water ran past Greytown ; there was then a magnificent port , and large ships sailed up to the town , but for ...
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... called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and Segovia , where it was one of the great favourites of the flower - loving Indians . The land at Greytown ...
... called la vegessima , " the beautiful , " by the natives , and I found it afterwards growing wild in the provinces of Matagalpa and Segovia , where it was one of the great favourites of the flower - loving Indians . The land at Greytown ...
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... called " Nancito " by the natives . It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the original forest has been cut down , there are large trees- covered with numerous ...
... called " Nancito " by the natives . It is often preserved by them with spirit and eaten like olives . Beyond the brushwood , which grows where the original forest has been cut down , there are large trees- covered with numerous ...
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... called " Army Ants . " One of the smaller species ( Eciton predator ) used occasionally to visit our house and swarm over the floors and walls , searching every cranny , and driving out the cockroaches and spiders , many of which were ...
... called " Army Ants . " One of the smaller species ( Eciton predator ) used occasionally to visit our house and swarm over the floors and walls , searching every cranny , and driving out the cockroaches and spiders , many of which were ...
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... called to them by the twittering of some small birds , belonging to several different species , that follow the ants in the woods . On approaching , a dense body of the ants , three or four yards wide , and so numerous as to blacken the ...
... called to them by the twittering of some small birds , belonging to several different species , that follow the ants in the woods . On approaching , a dense body of the ants , three or four yards wide , and so numerous as to blacken the ...
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