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 FormsJ. Murray, 1874 - 403 pages |
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Page 252
... dog lying on the floor covered with some old rags , he said it had fever , and that at night it threw off the rags , and the fleas got at it , but that during the day he kept it well covered up . I was amused with the little fellow ...
... dog lying on the floor covered with some old rags , he said it had fever , and that at night it threw off the rags , and the fleas got at it , but that during the day he kept it well covered up . I was amused with the little fellow ...
Page 298
... dogs con- tinually barking and snapping at our hammocks and boots . We rose cold and cramped at daylight , and without waiting to make ready any coffee , saddled our beasts and rode away . A little maize was grown about this place , and ...
... dogs con- tinually barking and snapping at our hammocks and boots . We rose cold and cramped at daylight , and without waiting to make ready any coffee , saddled our beasts and rode away . A little maize was grown about this place , and ...
Page 383
... dogs were placed on an island where there was plenty of food for the hares but none for the dogs , except the hares they could catch , the slowest of the hares would be first killed , and the swifter preserved . Then the slowest- running ...
... dogs were placed on an island where there was plenty of food for the hares but none for the dogs , except the hares they could catch , the slowest of the hares would be first killed , and the swifter preserved . Then the slowest- running ...
Page 394
... Dogs , hairless , 205 Doleryte , 86 Domed nests , 291 Domingo , Santo , 60 , 62 , 85 , 376 104 commissioner's house at , 66 mines at , 376 rain at , 104 watershed of , Dove , M. , on origin of cyclones , 301 Dragon - flies , 299 Drosera ...
... Dogs , hairless , 205 Doleryte , 86 Domed nests , 291 Domingo , Santo , 60 , 62 , 85 , 376 104 commissioner's house at , 66 mines at , 376 rain at , 104 watershed of , Dove , M. , on origin of cyclones , 301 Dragon - flies , 299 Drosera ...
Page 396
... dogs , 205 on origin of the Mexican and Eastern Asiatics , 370-373 on origin of whirlwinds , 301 Humming - birds , 58 , 159 , 315 abundance of , 139 nests of , 140 rapidity of flight , 140 bathing , 137 fertilising flowers , 131 tongue ...
... dogs , 205 on origin of the Mexican and Eastern Asiatics , 370-373 on origin of whirlwinds , 301 Humming - birds , 58 , 159 , 315 abundance of , 139 nests of , 140 rapidity of flight , 140 bathing , 137 fertilising flowers , 131 tongue ...
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