The Naturalist in NicaraguaThe 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 x
Nature , his “ nurse , " had become his queen ; and never was there a more
devoted , whole - hearted subject , a more simple - minded follower of science for
its own sake without any thought of the honour or glory that might accrue thereby
On ...
Nature , his “ nurse , " had become his queen ; and never was there a more
devoted , whole - hearted subject , a more simple - minded follower of science for
its own sake without any thought of the honour or glory that might accrue thereby
On ...
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But although the whole colony was in the grip of the gold - fever , Belt retained
the same quiet habits of observation which had marked him at home for there , as
to whatever part of the world his work subsequently called him , the engineer was
...
But although the whole colony was in the grip of the gold - fever , Belt retained
the same quiet habits of observation which had marked him at home for there , as
to whatever part of the world his work subsequently called him , the engineer was
...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | The Minerva Group, Inc., 2002 |
| ISBN | 1410200116, 9781410200112 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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