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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... turned adrift . ' The event showed Belt's sagacity . The unfortunate government expedition left Melbourne loaded with camp - followers and impedimenta , and by the time they reached a few stages beyond Cooper's Creek were well - nigh ...
... turned adrift . ' The event showed Belt's sagacity . The unfortunate government expedition left Melbourne loaded with camp - followers and impedimenta , and by the time they reached a few stages beyond Cooper's Creek were well - nigh ...
Page xiv
... turned to by some geologists for support of the hypothesis of the variation in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air , or of other altera- tions in the atmosphere , while others have gone back to the idea of geographical changes ...
... turned to by some geologists for support of the hypothesis of the variation in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air , or of other altera- tions in the atmosphere , while others have gone back to the idea of geographical changes ...
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... turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be speeding across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my book has sped . It is full of theories - I trust not unsupported by ...
... turned my face homewards again , and for weeks be speeding across the frozen Siberian steppes , wrapped in furs , listening to the sleigh bells , and wondering how my book has sped . It is full of theories - I trust not unsupported by ...
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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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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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