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 viii
... probably something to do with it . In the first half of the nineteenth century Newcastle could boast of a succession of field - naturalists unequalled in the country - Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock , who wrote the monograph on British ...
... probably something to do with it . In the first half of the nineteenth century Newcastle could boast of a succession of field - naturalists unequalled in the country - Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock , who wrote the monograph on British ...
Page x
... probably the wrecking of his life provided the opportunity which might not otherwise have occurred of encouraging and developing his inborn love of nature . Becoming a member of the Tyneside Naturalists ' Field Club , he interested ...
... probably the wrecking of his life provided the opportunity which might not otherwise have occurred of encouraging and developing his inborn love of nature . Becoming a member of the Tyneside Naturalists ' Field Club , he interested ...
Page xv
... probably well illustrated by the bee , the spider , and the fly orchis of our own downs and copses . " Mimicry " proper is often confused with " protective resemblance , " and it will be advisable to begin with the consideration of the ...
... probably well illustrated by the bee , the spider , and the fly orchis of our own downs and copses . " Mimicry " proper is often confused with " protective resemblance , " and it will be advisable to begin with the consideration of the ...
Page xxi
... probably not indigenous to America ; why gold veins grow poorer as they descend into the earth ; why whirlwinds rotate in opposite directions in the two hemi- spheres ; why the earthenware vessels of the Indians are rounded at the ...
... probably not indigenous to America ; why gold veins grow poorer as they descend into the earth ; why whirlwinds rotate in opposite directions in the two hemi- spheres ; why the earthenware vessels of the Indians are rounded at the ...
Page xxx
... probably not indigenous to America : pro- pagated from shoots : do not generally mature their seeds →→→ Fig - trees - Granadillas and papaws - Vegetables - Depend- ence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues ...
... probably not indigenous to America : pro- pagated from shoots : do not generally mature their seeds →→→ Fig - trees - Granadillas and papaws - Vegetables - Depend- ence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation - Insect plagues ...
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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