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 72
... hundreds of yards , often for more than half a mile , the formicarium is reached . consists of low , wide mounds of brown , clayey - looking earth , above and immediately around which the bushes have been killed by their buds and leaves ...
... hundreds of yards , often for more than half a mile , the formicarium is reached . consists of low , wide mounds of brown , clayey - looking earth , above and immediately around which the bushes have been killed by their buds and leaves ...
Page 74
... hundred years ago , a wild variety may have arisen , less subject to the attacks of the ants than the cultivated variety ; for in many parts I saw them growing wild , and apparently not touched . The orange ( Citrus aurantium ) and the ...
... hundred years ago , a wild variety may have arisen , less subject to the attacks of the ants than the cultivated variety ; for in many parts I saw them growing wild , and apparently not touched . The orange ( Citrus aurantium ) and the ...
Page 75
... hundred yards distant , close to the edge of the forest . The nest was not a very large one , the low mound of earth covering it being about four yards in diameter . At first I tried to stop the holes up , but fresh ones were ...
... hundred yards distant , close to the edge of the forest . The nest was not a very large one , the low mound of earth covering it being about four yards in diameter . At first I tried to stop the holes up , but fresh ones were ...
Page 77
... hundred yards from the one of the year before . I poured down the burrows , as before , several buckets of water with carbolic acid . The water is required to carry the acid down to the lowest chambers . The ants , as before , were at ...
... hundred yards from the one of the year before . I poured down the burrows , as before , several buckets of water with carbolic acid . The water is required to carry the acid down to the lowest chambers . The ants , as before , were at ...
Page 86
... hundred feet . Next the surface they are often as soft as alluvial clay , and may be cut with a spade . This decomposition of the rocks near the surface prevails in many parts of tropical America , and is principally , if not always ...
... hundred feet . Next the surface they are often as soft as alluvial clay , and may be cut with a spade . This decomposition of the rocks near the surface prevails in many parts of tropical America , and is principally , if not always ...
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