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 Forms |
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Page 53
They appear to be similar to what are found on many rivers running into the
Caribbean Sea , and to those which were examined by Schomburgk on the rocks
of the Orinoco and Essequibo ; as others like them , of undoubted Carib ...
They appear to be similar to what are found on many rivers running into the
Caribbean Sea , and to those which were examined by Schomburgk on the rocks
of the Orinoco and Essequibo ; as others like them , of undoubted Carib ...
Page 74
None of the indigenous trees appear so suitable for them as the introduced ones
. Through long ages the trees and the ants of tropical America have been
modified together . Varieties of plants that arose unsuitable for the ants have had
an ...
None of the indigenous trees appear so suitable for them as the introduced ones
. Through long ages the trees and the ants of tropical America have been
modified together . Varieties of plants that arose unsuitable for the ants have had
an ...
Page 82
I have never seen the smallest class of ants carrying in leaves ; their duties
appear to be inside , cutting them up into smaller fragments , and nursing the
immature ants . I have , however , seen them running out along the paths with the
others ...
I have never seen the smallest class of ants carrying in leaves ; their duties
appear to be inside , cutting them up into smaller fragments , and nursing the
immature ants . I have , however , seen them running out along the paths with the
others ...
Page 84
These ants do not appear to have many enemies , though I sometimes found
holes burrowed into their nests , apparently by the small armadillo . I once saw a
minute parasitic fly hovering over a column of ants , near a nest , and every now
and ...
These ants do not appear to have many enemies , though I sometimes found
holes burrowed into their nests , apparently by the small armadillo . I once saw a
minute parasitic fly hovering over a column of ants , near a nest , and every now
and ...
Page 90
Below that , when the works are prosecuted still deeper , there does not appear
to be any further progressive deterioration in the value of the ore , and it varies in
yield from two to seven pennyweights of gold per ton , upon which yield further ...
Below that , when the works are prosecuted still deeper , there does not appear
to be any further progressive deterioration in the value of the ore , and it varies in
yield from two to seven pennyweights of gold per ton , upon which yield further ...
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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