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 49
... inhabitants . The store- keepers , lawyers , and hacienderos are of Spanish and mixed descent . Amongst the lower classes there is much Indian and some negro blood ; but there are many pure Indians scattered through the district ...
... inhabitants . The store- keepers , lawyers , and hacienderos are of Spanish and mixed descent . Amongst the lower classes there is much Indian and some negro blood ; but there are many pure Indians scattered through the district ...
Page 54
... inhabitants of the western side of tropical America . On the coast of Peru , Darwin found heads of it , along with eighteen recent species of marine shells , in a raised beach eighty - five feet * " Geological Observations in South ...
... inhabitants of the western side of tropical America . On the coast of Peru , Darwin found heads of it , along with eighteen recent species of marine shells , in a raised beach eighty - five feet * " Geological Observations in South ...
Page 57
... inhabitants of this country it is not mentioned by the historians of the conquest of Mexico and Peru , nor has it , like maize and cacao , any native name . As soon as we passed Pital we entered the great forest , the black margin of ...
... inhabitants of this country it is not mentioned by the historians of the conquest of Mexico and Peru , nor has it , like maize and cacao , any native name . As soon as we passed Pital we entered the great forest , the black margin of ...
Page 61
... Inhabitants - Mixed Races - Negroes and Indians compared— Women - Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining Company -My House and Garden - Fruits - Plantains and Bananas- Probably not indigenous to America - Propagated from Shoots -Do ...
... Inhabitants - Mixed Races - Negroes and Indians compared— Women - Establishment of the Chontales Gold Mining Company -My House and Garden - Fruits - Plantains and Bananas- Probably not indigenous to America - Propagated from Shoots -Do ...
Page 62
... inhabitants , about three hundred in number , are entirely dependent on the mines around , there being no cultivation or any other employ- ment in the immediate neighbourhood . The people are of a mixed descent , in which Indian blood ...
... inhabitants , about three hundred in number , are entirely dependent on the mines around , there being no cultivation or any other employ- ment in the immediate neighbourhood . The people are of a mixed descent , in which Indian blood ...
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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