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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... America [ 1866 ] , Nova Scotian Inst . Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 4 , 1867 , pp . 91- 106 ; On some New Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian Rocks of North Wales , Geol . Mag . , vol . 4 , 1867 , pp . 294-295 ; On the " Lingula Flags ...
... America [ 1866 ] , Nova Scotian Inst . Nat . Sci . , vol . 2 , pt . 4 , 1867 , pp . 91- 106 ; On some New Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian Rocks of North Wales , Geol . Mag . , vol . 4 , 1867 , pp . 294-295 ; On the " Lingula Flags ...
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... AMERICA , " ETC. ETC " It was his faith - perhaps is mine- That life in all its forms is one , And that its secret conduits run Unseen , but in unbroken line , From the great fountain - head divine , Through man and beast , through ...
... AMERICA , " ETC. ETC " It was his faith - perhaps is mine- That life in all its forms is one , And that its secret conduits run Unseen , but in unbroken line , From the great fountain - head divine , Through man and beast , through ...
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... - Mule - breeding - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross high range Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks - Pital - Cultivation of maize - Its use from the 27 earliest times in America - Separation of the maize - xxix.
... - Mule - breeding - Reach Acoyapo - Festa - Cross high range Esquipula - The Rio Mico - Supposed statues on its banks - Pital - Cultivation of maize - Its use from the 27 earliest times in America - Separation of the maize - xxix.
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Thomas Belt. earliest times in America - Separation of the maize - eating from the mandioca - eating indigenes of America - Tortillas- Sugar - making - Enter the forest of the Atlantic slope- Vegetation of the forest - Muddy roads ...
Thomas Belt. earliest times in America - Separation of the maize - eating from the mandioca - eating indigenes of America - Tortillas- Sugar - making - Enter the forest of the Atlantic slope- Vegetation of the forest - Muddy roads ...
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... America - Difference between artificial and natural selection - The cause of sterility between allied species considered - The disadvantages of a covering of hair to a domesticated animal in a tropical country . CHAPTER XII 139 · 150 ...
... America - Difference between artificial and natural selection - The cause of sterility between allied species considered - The disadvantages of a covering of hair to a domesticated animal in a tropical country . CHAPTER XII 139 · 150 ...
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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