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 xxi
... forest - that forest so monotonous in its general features , but fascinating beyond measure when the varied life - histories working out within it are realised — and you share in the keen joy of the naturalist who has written with such ...
... forest - that forest so monotonous in its general features , but fascinating beyond measure when the varied life - histories working out within it are realised — and you share in the keen joy of the naturalist who has written with such ...
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... FORESTS ; With Observations of Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms . BY THOMAS BELT , F.G.S. AUTHOR OF MINERAL VEINS , " 99 66 THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA , " ETC. ETC " It was his faith ...
... FORESTS ; With Observations of Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms . BY THOMAS BELT , F.G.S. AUTHOR OF MINERAL VEINS , " 99 66 THE GLACIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA , " ETC. ETC " It was his faith ...
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... forest of the Atlantic slope- Vegetation of the forest - Muddy roads - Arrive at Santo Domingo CHAPTER V Geographical position of Santo Domingo - Physical geography- The inhabitants Mixed races - Negroes and Indians com- pared - Women ...
... forest of the Atlantic slope- Vegetation of the forest - Muddy roads - Arrive at Santo Domingo CHAPTER V Geographical position of Santo Domingo - Physical geography- The inhabitants Mixed races - Negroes and Indians com- pared - Women ...
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... forest region - Influence of cultivation upon it - Sagacity of the mule CHAPTER XI Start on journey to Segovia ... forests Mountain gorge - Jinotega - Native plough- Descendants of the buccaneers - San Rafael - A mountain but 165 179 ...
... forest region - Influence of cultivation upon it - Sagacity of the mule CHAPTER XI Start on journey to Segovia ... forests Mountain gorge - Jinotega - Native plough- Descendants of the buccaneers - San Rafael - A mountain but 165 179 ...
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... forests of Central and South America ; some on the wide ocean , with the firmament above and below blending together on the horizon ; and some , again , in the bowels of the earth when seeking for her hidden riches . The thoughts are ...
... forests of Central and South America ; some on the wide ocean , with the firmament above and below blending together on the horizon ; and some , again , in the bowels of the earth when seeking for her hidden riches . The thoughts are ...
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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