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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... , THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS HAS BEEN MY GUIDE AND MODEL , I DEDICATE THIS BOOK , AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP . 14 H Rio Cholute N D U Ocotal Telpaneca Palacagina [ Dedication of the First Edition ]
... , THE NATURALIST ON THE RIVER AMAZONS HAS BEEN MY GUIDE AND MODEL , I DEDICATE THIS BOOK , AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND FRIENDSHIP . 14 H Rio Cholute N D U Ocotal Telpaneca Palacagina [ Dedication of the First Edition ]
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... 21 CONTENTS CHAPTER I Arrival at Greytown - The river San. 85 R A S Rio Wanks nalapa Ubaulo ' ICARAGUA Solentin Greenwich 85 TA 84 Rio Rio Rio Bueso L.Vara 2. del Norte .. areo Greytown ( S.Juan del Norte C A 84 Pe Mica T.
... 21 CONTENTS CHAPTER I Arrival at Greytown - The river San. 85 R A S Rio Wanks nalapa Ubaulo ' ICARAGUA Solentin Greenwich 85 TA 84 Rio Rio Rio Bueso L.Vara 2. del Norte .. areo Greytown ( S.Juan del Norte C A 84 Pe Mica T.
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... river - Palms and wild canes- Plantations The Colorado river - Proposed improvement of the river - Progress of the Delta - Mosquitoes - Disagree- able night - Fine morning - Vegetation of the banks- Seripiqui river - Mot - mots ...
... river - Palms and wild canes- Plantations The Colorado river - Proposed improvement of the river - Progress of the Delta - Mosquitoes - Disagree- able night - Fine morning - Vegetation of the banks- Seripiqui river - Mot - mots ...
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... river - beds - Monkeys and wasps Reach Juigalpa - Ride in neighbourhood - Abundance of small birds A poor cripple ... rivers Caribs barter guns and iron pots for dogs - The hair- less dogs of tropical America - Difference between ...
... river - beds - Monkeys and wasps Reach Juigalpa - Ride in neighbourhood - Abundance of small birds A poor cripple ... rivers Caribs barter guns and iron pots for dogs - The hair- less dogs of tropical America - Difference between ...
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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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