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 19
... green , leaf - like locust . This insect stood immovably amongst a host of ants , many of which ran over its legs , without ever discovering there was food within their reach . So fixed was its instinctive knowledge that its safety ...
... green , leaf - like locust . This insect stood immovably amongst a host of ants , many of which ran over its legs , without ever discovering there was food within their reach . So fixed was its instinctive knowledge that its safety ...
Page 32
... green grassy hills in the background . This view is the only pleasant recollection I have carried away of the place . The single street is narrow , dirty , and rugged , and when the shades of evening begin to creep up , swarms of ...
... green grassy hills in the background . This view is the only pleasant recollection I have carried away of the place . The single street is narrow , dirty , and rugged , and when the shades of evening begin to creep up , swarms of ...
Page 37
... green with the delicate fronds of a maidenhair fern ( Adiantum ) . The little town consists of a single rugged street leading up from the lake . The houses are mostly palm - thatched huts , with the bare earth floors seldom or never ...
... green with the delicate fronds of a maidenhair fern ( Adiantum ) . The little town consists of a single rugged street leading up from the lake . The houses are mostly palm - thatched huts , with the bare earth floors seldom or never ...
Page 44
... green foliage . Flocks of muscovy and whistling ducks also flew over to their evening feeding - places . Great masses of a floating plant , shaped like a cabbage , were abundant on the lake , and on these the white egrets and other ...
... green foliage . Flocks of muscovy and whistling ducks also flew over to their evening feeding - places . Great masses of a floating plant , shaped like a cabbage , were abundant on the lake , and on these the white egrets and other ...
Page 46
... green orange , but growing on the trunk and branches , not amongst the leaves . The outside of the fruit is a hard thin shell , packed full of seeds in a kind of dry pulp , on which are fed fowls , and even horses and cattle in the dry ...
... green orange , but growing on the trunk and branches , not amongst the leaves . The outside of the fruit is a hard thin shell , packed full of seeds in a kind of dry pulp , on which are fed fowls , and even horses and cattle in the dry ...
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