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 xii
... rocks in the neighbourhood of Dolgelly , and after much study of their fossils proposed the now accepted classification of the Lingula flags of the Lower Silurian system into the Maenturog flags and slates , the Festiniog flags , and ...
... rocks in the neighbourhood of Dolgelly , and after much study of their fossils proposed the now accepted classification of the Lingula flags of the Lower Silurian system into the Maenturog flags and slates , the Festiniog flags , and ...
Page xvi
... rock and sand that it can scarcely be detected till trodden upon . " A little observation will supply large numbers of instances of such protective colouration . It is , however , in the insect world that this principle of adaptation of ...
... rock and sand that it can scarcely be detected till trodden upon . " A little observation will supply large numbers of instances of such protective colouration . It is , however , in the insect world that this principle of adaptation of ...
Page xxii
... Rocks of North Wales , Geol . Mag . , vol . 4 , 1867 , pp . 294-295 ; On the " Lingula Flags " or " Festiniog Group " of the Dolgelly District , Geol . Mag . , vol . 4 , 1867 , PP . 493-495 , 536-543 ; vol . 5 , 1868 , pp . 5-11 ; The ...
... Rocks of North Wales , Geol . Mag . , vol . 4 , 1867 , pp . 294-295 ; On the " Lingula Flags " or " Festiniog Group " of the Dolgelly District , Geol . Mag . , vol . 4 , 1867 , PP . 493-495 , 536-543 ; vol . 5 , 1868 , pp . 5-11 ; The ...
Page xxx
... rocks -Gold - mining - Auriferous quartz veins - Mode of occur rence of the gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at lower depths Excavation and reduction of the ore - Extrac- tion of the gold- " Mantos " -Origin of mineral veins ...
... rocks -Gold - mining - Auriferous quartz veins - Mode of occur rence of the gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at lower depths Excavation and reduction of the ore - Extrac- tion of the gold- " Mantos " -Origin of mineral veins ...
Page xxxi
... rock of Cuapo - The use of large beaks in some birds Comoapa - A native doctor - Vultures - Flight of birds that soar - Natives live from generation to generation on the same spot - Do not give distinctive names to the rivers Caribs ...
... rock of Cuapo - The use of large beaks in some birds Comoapa - A native doctor - Vultures - Flight of birds that soar - Natives live from generation to generation on the same spot - Do not give distinctive names to the rivers Caribs ...
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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