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 xi
Thomas Belt. Introduction xi plants , insects , and shells . His name occurs frequently in the Transactions of the Club as the recorder of species new to the district . His health gradually improved , but it was doubtful whether he would ...
Thomas Belt. Introduction xi plants , insects , and shells . His name occurs frequently in the Transactions of the Club as the recorder of species new to the district . His health gradually improved , but it was doubtful whether he would ...
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... names -Butterflies , spiders , and wasps - Humming - birds , beetles , and ants - Plants and trees - Timber - Monkey attacked by eagle - White - faced monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game birds - Trogons ...
... names -Butterflies , spiders , and wasps - Humming - birds , beetles , and ants - Plants and trees - Timber - Monkey attacked by eagle - White - faced monkey - Anecdotes of a tame one- Curassows and other game birds - Trogons ...
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... names - Dry 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 ...
... names - Dry 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 ...
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... names of towns - Security of travellers in Nicaragua -Native flour - mill - Uncomfortable lodgings - Tierrabona- Dust whirlwind - Initial form of a cyclone - The origin of cyclones 224 CHAPTER XVII Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto ...
... names of towns - Security of travellers in Nicaragua -Native flour - mill - Uncomfortable lodgings - Tierrabona- Dust whirlwind - Initial form of a cyclone - The origin of cyclones 224 CHAPTER XVII Cattle - raising - Don Filiberto ...
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... I trust that the scientific names scattered throughout the book may be depended upon as correct . NIJNI NOVGOROD , October 9th , 1873 . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA CHAPTER I Arrival at Greytown - 2 The Naturalist in Nicaragua.
... I trust that the scientific names scattered throughout the book may be depended upon as correct . NIJNI NOVGOROD , October 9th , 1873 . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA CHAPTER I Arrival at Greytown - 2 The Naturalist in Nicaragua.
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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