The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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Page xvi
... America , at another to South America , and to Siberia ) , he could not take any active part in the work of the Club , which undoubtedly he would have done had he lived among us . Yet he took a warm interest in its welfare , and was ...
... America , at another to South America , and to Siberia ) , he could not take any active part in the work of the Club , which undoubtedly he would have done had he lived among us . Yet he took a warm interest in its welfare , and was ...
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... America . Vol . xv . , 1878 , p . 55 . On the Superficial Gravels and Clays around Finchley , Ealing , and Brentford . Vol . xv . , 1878 , p . 316 . It needs not to add more . It would be easy for the writer , who looks back with ...
... America . Vol . xv . , 1878 , p . 55 . On the Superficial Gravels and Clays around Finchley , Ealing , and Brentford . Vol . xv . , 1878 , p . 316 . It needs not to add more . It would be easy for the writer , who looks back with ...
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... America , the first half relieved the tedium of a long and slow recovery from the effects of an accident on board ship . The middle of the manuscript found me traversing the high passes of the snow - clad Caucasus , where I made ...
... America , the first half relieved the tedium of a long and slow recovery from the effects of an accident on board ship . The middle of the manuscript found me traversing the high passes of the snow - clad Caucasus , where I made ...
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... America ; some in the great forests of Central and South America ; some on the wide ocean ; and some , again , in the bowels of the earth when seeking for her hidden riches . The thoughts are those of a lifetime compressed into a little ...
... America ; some in the great forests of Central and South America ; some on the wide ocean ; and some , again , in the bowels of the earth when seeking for her hidden riches . The thoughts are those of a lifetime compressed into a little ...
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... 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 - Arrive at Santo Domingo . CHAPTER ...
... 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 - Arrive at Santo Domingo . CHAPTER ...
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