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 xx
... nests of their own , but attack those of other species and prey upon every killable living thing that comes in their way ; the leaf- cutting ants , whose attacks upon his garden were repelled with so much difficulty ; standing armies of ...
... nests of their own , but attack those of other species and prey upon every killable living thing that comes in their way ; the leaf- cutting ants , whose attacks upon his garden were repelled with so much difficulty ; standing armies of ...
Page xxix
... nests of other ants Birds nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymenoptera - Utopia . PAGE 3 . 13 CHAPTER III Journey up river continued - Wild pigs and jaguar - Bungos ...
... nests of other ants Birds nests , how preserved from them - Reasoning powers in ants - Parallel between the mammalia and the hymenoptera - Utopia . PAGE 3 . 13 CHAPTER III Journey up river continued - Wild pigs and jaguar - Bungos ...
Page xxx
... nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign trees are very subject to their attack - Method of destroying the ants - Migration of the ant from a nest attacked - Cor- rosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them ...
... nests - Some trees are not touched by the ants - Foreign trees are very subject to their attack - Method of destroying the ants - Migration of the ant from a nest attacked - Cor- rosive sublimate causes a sort of madness amongst them ...
Page xxxii
... nests • 211 CHAPTER XVI Concordia - Jinotega - Indian_habits retained by the people- Indian names of towns - Security of travellers in Nicaragua -Native flour - mill - Uncomfortable lodgings - Tierrabona- Dust whirlwind - Initial form ...
... nests • 211 CHAPTER XVI Concordia - Jinotega - Indian_habits retained by the people- Indian names of towns - Security of travellers in Nicaragua -Native flour - mill - Uncomfortable lodgings - Tierrabona- Dust whirlwind - Initial form ...
Page xxxiv
... NEST OF LEAF - CUTTING ANT . MACHINERY OF Chontales GOLD - MINING COMPANY . SECTION OF MINE SHOWING Method of ExtraCTING THE ORE SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , LINN . ) TONGUES OF HUMMING - BIRD And ...
... NEST OF LEAF - CUTTING ANT . MACHINERY OF Chontales GOLD - MINING COMPANY . SECTION OF MINE SHOWING Method of ExtraCTING THE ORE SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO LODE HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , LINN . ) TONGUES OF HUMMING - BIRD And ...
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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