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 20
... green leaf , and the other senses , which in the Ecitons appear to be more acute than that of sight , must have been completely deceived . It might easily have escaped from the ants by using its wings , but it would only have fallen ...
... green leaf , and the other senses , which in the Ecitons appear to be more acute than that of sight , must have been completely deceived . It might easily have escaped from the ants by using its wings , but it would only have fallen ...
Page 32
... green grassy hills in the background . The first view of Castillo 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 ...
... green grassy hills in the background . The first view of Castillo 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 ...
Page 36
... 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 Ch . III . ] WILD INDIANS . 37 houses 36 [ Ch . III . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... 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 Ch . III . ] WILD INDIANS . 37 houses 36 [ Ch . III . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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 , Ch . IV . ] ARRIVAL AT SAN UBALDO . 44 [ Ch . IV . THE NATURALIST IN ...
... 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 , Ch . IV . ] ARRIVAL AT SAN UBALDO . 44 [ Ch . IV . THE NATURALIST IN ...
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... 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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