The Naturalist in NicaraguaThe Minerva Group, Inc., 2002 - 344 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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Page ix
... animal life occurred when he was about three years old . He had been in the garden and came running to show his mother what he had found . Opening his carefully gathered up pinafore , out jumped two frogs- to the great dismay of the ...
... animal life occurred when he was about three years old . He had been in the garden and came running to show his mother what he had found . Opening his carefully gathered up pinafore , out jumped two frogs- to the great dismay of the ...
Page xi
... ample to cover the distance we have to travel . Every step of our road carries us homeward and to safety . If we never find a drop of water on the road , our animals have enough to carry those who have to bear the whole.
... ample to cover the distance we have to travel . Every step of our road carries us homeward and to safety . If we never find a drop of water on the road , our animals have enough to carry those who have to bear the whole.
Page xii
... animals succumb they will be shot or turned adrift . ' The event showed Belt's sagacity . The unfortunate government expedition left Melbourne loaded with camp - followers and impedimenta , and by the time they reached a few stages ...
... animals succumb they will be shot or turned adrift . ' The event showed Belt's sagacity . The unfortunate government expedition left Melbourne loaded with camp - followers and impedimenta , and by the time they reached a few stages ...
Page xv
... animals , is absolutely essential to some ; and it is wonderful in what different ways it is attained . In cases of " cryptic resem- blance to surroundings " the shape , colouration , or markings are such as to conceal an animal by ...
... animals , is absolutely essential to some ; and it is wonderful in what different ways it is attained . In cases of " cryptic resem- blance to surroundings " the shape , colouration , or markings are such as to conceal an animal by ...
Page xvi
... animals , the snow white of the inhabitants of the arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the stripes of the tiger and the zebra , the spots of the leopard and the giraffe have all a cryptic effect which at a ...
... animals , the snow white of the inhabitants of the arctic regions , the inconspicuous hues of nocturnal animals , the stripes of the tiger and the zebra , the spots of the leopard and the giraffe have all a cryptic effect which at a ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
CHAPTER II | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
CHAPTER IV | 37 |
CHAPTER V | 50 |
CHAPTER VI | 68 |
CHAPTER VII | 81 |
CHAPTER VIII | 98 |
CHAPTER XII | 165 |
CHAPTER XIII | 179 |
CHAPTER XIV | 191 |
CHAPTER XV | 211 |
CHAPTER XVI | 224 |
CHAPTER XVII | 236 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 250 |
CHAPTER XIX | 258 |
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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