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 FormsJohn Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page 141
... CATTLE PASTURE . 141 of about three inches , which stiffens on exposure to the air to the consistency of a spider's web , but stronger . With this it can envelope and capture its prey , just as a fowler throws his net over a bird . The ...
... CATTLE PASTURE . 141 of about three inches , which stiffens on exposure to the air to the consistency of a spider's web , but stronger . With this it can envelope and capture its prey , just as a fowler throws his net over a bird . The ...
Page 142
... cattle pecking them out and eating them in preference to the other . There were many other paths leading in different directions into the forest , but I shall describe one of them , as it differed from those already mentioned , leading ...
... cattle pecking them out and eating them in preference to the other . There were many other paths leading in different directions into the forest , but I shall describe one of them , as it differed from those already mentioned , leading ...
Page 152
... cattle and mules . The edge of the forest is not far distant to the right , and all the way along it there have been clearings made and maize planted . As we rode along , great numbers of a brown , tailed butterfly ( Timetes chiron ) ...
... cattle and mules . The edge of the forest is not far distant to the right , and all the way along it there have been clearings made and maize planted . As we rode along , great numbers of a brown , tailed butterfly ( Timetes chiron ) ...
Page 154
... cattle . There are many evidences of a large Indian population having lived at this spot , and their pottery and fragments of their stones for bruising maize have been found in some graves that have been opened . Mr. Fairbairn got me ...
... cattle . There are many evidences of a large Indian population having lived at this spot , and their pottery and fragments of their stones for bruising maize have been found in some graves that have been opened . Mr. Fairbairn got me ...
Page 179
... cattle hacienda of La Puerta . Lines of trees and bamboo thickets marked the course of numerous brooks that joined lower down and formed the small rivers we had crossed . Looking down the valley it opened out into a wide plain , with ...
... cattle hacienda of La Puerta . Lines of trees and bamboo thickets marked the course of numerous brooks that joined lower down and formed the small rivers we had crossed . Looking down the valley it opened out into a wide plain , with ...
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amongst ancient animals ants Atlantic attacks beautiful beetles birds branches brook bushes butterflies carried cattle Central America Chontales colour continued couvade covered crossed dark descended dogs Ecitons epiphytes feet flowers forest fresh-water fruit glacial period glands grass green Greytown ground growing hills humming-birds Indians inhabitants insects Jinotega Juigalpa lake land larvæ leaf-cutting ants leaves Libertad lodes look maize Matagalpa Mestizos miles mines mountain mules Nahuatls natives nearly nests never Nicaragua night numerous o'clock Ocotal passed Peña Blanca plains plants probably quartz rain range reached resemblance Rio Frio river road rock rocky San Ubaldo Santo Domingo savannahs seen shrubs side slope soon Spaniards species spider steep sting stones surface tion told town trachyte travelling trees trogons tropical America valley variety vegetation veins Velasquez wasp whilst wings yellow young